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The Human, the Robot, and the Fire

How Humanity First Platforms Could Redesign the Future of Institutions

A strategic memo unifying six whitepapers into one thesis: that the platforms replacing our institutions must be redesigned for humanity, not just scale. It introduces the concept of Humanity First Platforms and outlines a playbook for rethinking how systems from energy to education to entertainment are built, governed, and sustained.

Platform DesignInstitutional StrategySystems ThinkingHuman-Centered Infrastructure
Published: July 28, 2025
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The Approach

Scott Jellen is an independent researcher focused on protocol design, rights modeling, and interoperability across digital and public systems. His flagship work, the Universal Sports Graph (USG), defines a neutral infrastructure layer for representing sports rights through published RFCs and a versioned reference registry. Additional briefs and whitepapers explore how incentive clarity and structural design shape scalable institutions.

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