The Ten Tenets of Techlightenment
1. Freedom is Foundational
All technology must serve individual liberty—not enslave it. Tools should empower people to think, speak, associate, and create without coercion or censorship.
We do not upgrade into cages.
2. Decentralization is Non-Negotiable
Power must be distributed. Networks should resist single points of failure or control. Decentralized protocols, not centralized platforms, are the way forward.
The center cannot hold—and that’s a feature, not a bug.
3. Transparency is the New Trust
Code is law. Code must be open. Systems that shape our lives—algorithms, AI, governance structures—must be open-source, auditable, and accountable.
If it’s not visible, it’s not virtuous.
4. Unity Through Voluntary Collaboration
Techlightenment rejects forced collectivism and celebrates voluntary association. Unity emerges through mutual respect and shared goals, not mandates.
Consent is sacred. Harmony is earned.
5. Sovereignty of the Self
Your body, your data, your digital identity—these are inviolable. The self is a sovereign domain. Any intrusion must be met with resistance.
We are not assets. We are authors.
6. Knowledge Wants to Be Free
Information is light. Hoarding it breeds darkness. Open access to scientific, technological, and philosophical knowledge is a human right.
Gatekeepers are obsolete. Let the floodgates open.
7. Resilience Over Reliance
Build systems that outlast empires. Favor redundancy, interoperability, and personal agency over fragile dependence on corporate or state actors.
We prep not for fear, but for freedom.
8. Toolmakers Are Torchbearers
Engineers, artists, thinkers, and hackers bear the sacred duty to build with ethics. The future is not inevitable—it is engineered.
Make it wise. Make it weird. Make it free.
9. Truth Through Proof
We reject dogma and deception. Claims must be testable, ideas debatable, and evidence visible. Trust is earned through transparency and reproducibility.
Show your receipts—or GTFO.
10. Tech is Sacred—But Not Supreme
Technology is a servant, not a god. It must align with human flourishing, natural rhythms, and the divine spark of conscience.
If it disconnects us from nature, it’s not enlightened.