Life Access Sustainability
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This document defines initial principles for sustainable life access and resource allocation.
Purpose
Section titled “Purpose”World Foundation Design aims for a world where everyone can focus on what they truly want to do.
Life access includes food, housing, connectivity, education, and health support. These resources are not unlimited and depend on funding, labor, regional conditions, legal systems, and provider capacity.
Principles
Section titled “Principles”- Life support must not become a condition of obedience.
- People receiving support must remain able to exit.
- Allocation of scarce resources should be explainable.
- Transparency and privacy must be separated.
- Legal, tax, labor, financial, and payment-related designs require expert review.
- Start with small experiments and record failures and abuse cases.
- Provider burden and burnout are design concerns.
Key Questions
Section titled “Key Questions”- What resources are being provided?
- What funds or contributions support them?
- Who decides need and priority?
- How are privacy and transparency balanced?
- How are misuse and surveillance both prevented?
- How do regional costs and legal systems change the design?
Initial Experiments
Section titled “Initial Experiments”- Anonymous life-need surveys
- Transparent accounting for shared purchasing
- Small learning or connectivity support experiments
- Documented support conditions and appeals
- Mutual aid experiments without internal points