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Topic: Human Flourishing (The Optimization Target)

Every platform optimizes for something; when that target is left implicit it silently becomes engagement, GMV, or time-on-site, and the mechanics follow it into harm. This RFC makes the optimization target explicit and contestable: what does this platform actually steer toward for the Humans in it? It is the affirmative answer the other ethical concepts are in service of, and every ranking, default, and notification cadence should be traceable back to it.

On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>

**Topic:** Human Flourishing (The Optimization Target) Every platform optimizes for something; when that target is left implicit it silently becomes engagement, GMV, or time-on-site, and the mechanics follow it into harm. This RFC makes the optimization target explicit and contestable: what does this platform actually steer toward for the Humans in it? It is the affirmative answer the other ethical concepts are in service of, and every ranking, default, and notification cadence should be traceable back to it. On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>
ben.stull added 1 commit 2026-06-01 18:37:24 +00:00
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ben.stull added 1 commit 2026-06-01 18:37:24 +00:00
Propose: Human Flourishing (The Optimization Target) 046e831e76 
On-behalf-of: Ben Stull <ben.stull>
ben.stull merged commit 1d1881f6b7 into main 2026-06-01 18:37:52 +00:00
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