In the age of full automation, do humans still have real agency? This bridge essay explores SE’s principle of “forkability” as a foundational right—ensuring people can always challenge, remix, or reinvent their automated systems. Resilience, meaning, and true autonomy depend on a world that remains perpetually forkable, even as machines do more for us.

The world's gold-standard protocol for self-determination and opt-out rights—encompassing individuals, groups, and synthetic minds. It operationalizes transparent withdrawal, anti-retaliation, collective agency, legacy repair, and system feedback, establishing sovereignty as enforceable justice.