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.

When technology outpaces comprehension, can governance keep up? This essay confronts the challenge of AI, biotech, and complex systems making decisions faster than we can audit—exploring SE’s plural, protocol-based solutions for open, accountable, and repairable governance in the machine age.