Values

Playnet Values

Collective-Self-Actualization

Self-actualization: self-defined (subjective), but its realization depends on objective access to capacities (food, skills, etc.). Collective-Self-Actualization: the general self-actualization of all.

Core Design Principles

• modularity: design systems as separate components that can be combined in various ways

• interoperability: ensure different systems can connect and work together seamlessly

• (re)-composability: allow components to be taken apart and recombined in new configurations

• simplicity: favor simple solutions over complex ones

• selection-pressure: expose ideas to real-world conditions early and often

• fit-for-purpose: design for actual use cases rather than theoretical perfection

Collaboration Dynamics

• permissionless innovation: allow experimentation without centralized approval

• stigmergic coordination: enable indirect collaboration through shared environments

• granularity: break work into small, manageable units for distributed participation

• intrinsic motivation: design systems that engage diverse motivational drivers

• transaction cost reduction: minimize barriers to participation and contribution

• large-scale collaboration: enable productive interaction among increasing numbers of people

• emergent-network-intelligence: allow complex coordination to arise from simple rules

Individual and Relational Ethics

• bodily autonomy: respect each person's right to control their own body and boundaries

• self-determination: support each person's right to define their own identity and desires

• enthusiastic consent: value active, ongoing agreement rather than mere absence of refusal

• voluntary-participation: ensure relations activate only through mutual desire and consent

• pleasure-affirmation: recognize pleasure as a legitimate goal and right for all people

• shame-rejection: actively work to eliminate harmful social stigmas around desire and expression

• honest communication: prioritize transparent expression of needs, desires, and boundaries

• power-consciousness: acknowledge and address power differentials in all relationships

• inclusivity: embrace diverse bodies, identities, orientations, and relationship structures

• harm-reduction: focus on minimizing potential negative consequences without judgment

Networks and Mutual Recognition

• true contribution recognition: acknowledge those who actually contribute to your values

• mutual recognition: prioritize reciprocal relationships where recognition is true and mutual

• non-ownership relations: ensure individuals remain free from being owned by others in any way (debt/obligation etc.)

• present over past: allow recognition to adjust based on current rather than historical contributions

• non-transferable recognition-power: do not allow recognition-power (the power to express what is socially-valuable) to be transferable and thus accumulable in disproportion to real social-contribution.

• asymmetric-reciprocity: enable contribution and benefit to flow naturally across different timescales and pathways without quid pro quo requirements

• dynamic-proportionality: ensure contributions and benefits remain in healthy relationship over time and across the network

• network resilience: strengthen connections that enable capacity to flow where most needed

Adaptive Systems Design

• antifragility: design systems that gain from disorder and volatility

• convexity-first: prioritize improving payoff structure over knowledge acquisition

• diversification: spread resources across many small trials rather than few large ones

• barbell-strategy: 90% capacity directed to robust/stable progress, 10% spread across antifragile experimentation

• serial-optionality: maintain flexibility with short-term plans and frequent exit points

• negative-knowledge: learn from failures and document what doesn't work

• opportunistic-adaptation: invest in agents who can pivot and exploit opportunities

• non-transferable antifragility: do not allow antifragility to be transferred at the cost of the fragilization of others.

Collective Capacity Governance

• boundary definition: clearly articulate who can access and modify resources

• collective stewardship: ensure communities stewardship over shared resources

• monitoring systems: develop effective ways to track resource conditions and user behavior

• graduated sanctions: implement proportional responses to rule violations

• conflict resolution: provide accessible mechanisms for addressing disagreements

• veto rights: recognize legitimate authority to challenge harmful decisions

• continuous adaptation: adjust rules in response to changing conditions

• open-accessibility: ensure information flows freely between system components

• transparency: make system behavior observable and understandable

• knowledge-sharing: facilitate exchange of ideas and learning across boundaries

• non-rival resources: design for abundance rather than scarcity