Humaney · Pioneer Cohort

An invitation to cultivate something, and to help build it.

Imagine a human whose heart and brain are in coherence. Memory like a sharp recorder. Focus like a tuned laser — curious enough to go and stand in real places, sacred or ordinary, because being there is the point. Now imagine a group of them, cultivating those qualities and able to show they have. That is what we are trying to build, and we are looking for the first people to break it in.

Humaney is a protocol for human self-cultivation — steadying the heart and mind, sharpening memory and focus, following curiosity into the world. It is early, it is unfinished, and the first cohort will meet it at its roughest.

Honest things first

So you know what you are saying yes to:

We care far more about your good faith and your resonance with the mission than about any technical or crypto background. There are no wrong answers.

What happens to what you write

Read this before you fill anything in.

Nothing on this page is sent anywhere while you type. Your answers stay in your browser until you choose to send them.

We decide within 13 days. You will have an answer — yes or no — within 13 days of sending your application.

Words are enough. Write as much or as little as you mean.

The application

Write honestly and in your own words. Thoughtfulness matters more than length.

A · About you

We schedule sessions at hours you are awake.

Pick the city closest to you. We keep only the timezone it resolves to — not the city, and not your address. If none is close, any city in your own timezone is the right answer.

We ask because we are sampling how the ten sounds vary across languages and dialects. Every separation figure we hold comes from one speaker, so your linguistic background is genuinely worth something to us.

A3. Do you have a smartphone with a working camera and microphone?

The identity ceremony needs both. Without them we cannot enrol you.

Camera and microphone

And who referred you, if anyone — a name or handle is enough.

Part 1 · The Alignment Scale

Rate each statement from −5 (highly disagree) through 0 (neutral) to +5 (highly agree).

1. Cultivating the heart and mind is more valuable than immediate financial gain.

1. Cultivating the heart and mind is more valuable than immediate financial gain. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

2. If I find a hidden flaw in a system, my instinct is to report it so it can be repaired.

2. If I find a hidden flaw in a system, my instinct is to report it so it can be repaired. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

3. I am comfortable participating where the HMN token is deliberately worth $0.

3. I am comfortable participating where the HMN token is deliberately worth $0. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

4. I am willing to dedicate ~15 minutes a day to a ceremony involving breathing and singing.

4. I am willing to dedicate ~15 minutes a day to a ceremony involving breathing and singing. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

5. I believe that if given a fair system, 99% of strangers will act in good faith.

5. I believe that if given a fair system, 99% of strangers will act in good faith. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

6. I prefer applications that sync my data to the cloud over managing local, offline backups.

6. I prefer applications that sync my data to the cloud over managing local, offline backups. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

7. I would rather travel to explore an unfamiliar physical location in the real world than a virtual one.

7. I would rather travel to explore an unfamiliar physical location in the real world than a virtual one. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

8. I accept a network where voting power comes from tenure and effort, never token balances.

8. I accept a network where voting power comes from tenure and effort, never token balances. — rate from minus 5, highly disagree, to plus 5, highly agree

Part 2 · Short responses

Answer honestly and in your own words. 100 words or less each.

Tell us about a time you found a loophole or flaw in a system, digital or physical. What did you do?

What is one daily practice you maintain that grounds you or regulates your nervous system?

If you could nominate one deeply resonant physical location on Earth, where would it be, and why?

Part 3 · What you would bring

12. Which of these would you actually enjoy doing for a community you helped found?

Select any, or none.

Anything you would enjoy

(50 words)

The co-founder bar, before you choose

These two questions are what the co-founder path asks. They are open for anyone to read, because the bar should be public: read them, and if they are not for you, the regular tester path is the one to pick. Nothing here is collected unless you choose the co-founder path below.

CF1. If a show-stopper defect needed your raw data

A war-game question, not a plan. We hope never to ask, and we would rather not. Nothing is collected here, and there is nowhere on our side that such a file goes today. In the unforeseen scenario of a show-stopper defect — if resolving it needed raw voice, face or HRV data from you, and if that data were held in a secure environment and deleted once the issue were resolved — would you be willing to provide it?

The data itself would only ever be requested of someone who has already joined and finished their own ceremony — never as part of applying.

You answer this only if you pick the co-founder path below. It is here so you can see what that path asks before you choose.

CF2. Flexibility

Being a co-founder is closer to joining a start-up with a particular mission than to taking a defined role. We might need extra test sessions beyond what a regular tester is asked for, and beyond what any schedule states. Can you be flexible about helping out?

You answer this only if you pick the co-founder path below. It is here so you can see what that path asks before you choose.

Which path are you applying for?

Which are you applying for?

Pick one. They are mutually exclusive, and the second asks more of you.

We read every one. Thank you for showing up.