Proposal: [Name]

Status: Draft

Problem

What problem does this address, and for whom?

Core idea

Describe the mechanism concretely.

Design assumptions

What does this assume about people, groups, resources, and information?

Power and incentives

• Who gains authority or influence?
• What incentives does this create?
• What prevents capture, corruption, or accumulation?

Failure modes

How could this be exploited, gamed, or cause unintended harm?

Accountability and repair

How can people challenge, exit, revise, or repair the system?

Testable predictions

What evidence would support or weaken this proposal?

Evidence and uncertainty

Separate value commitments from factual assumptions. State sources, initial confidence, competing explanations, and what would change your assessment. Explain why the evidence favours this proposal over alternatives.

Experiment and stopping conditions

Describe a bounded test, affected participants, consent, measures of harm and benefit, stopping conditions, and how the change could be reversed.