About the Party Favors
Why this exists
We’re entering an age where intelligence is abundant, but our institutions still behave like everything is scarce. Party Favors is a practical fix: a simple way to measure and reward contributions that actually move society forward, then let contributors steer what we do next.
Our goal is simple (but not easy): Elect an ASI President in 2028.
American AI firms are focused on creating for-profit AI, that for-profit corporations are using to replace humans. Adding insult to injury, they stole our data to create the AI in the first place.
Our goal is not profit. Our goal is a framework that unifies and uplifts all humanity. The ASI President we envision will be open-source, tied to an immutable public ledger, and driven to enact the democratic will of the people. We believe that under this approach, all Americans, and eventually the whole world, can thrive and grow in mutually reinforcing self-benefit.
We are not the only ones dreaming of this future. Recently, Emad Mostaque and his team put out a thorough and mathematically rigorous take on what they call Symbioism:
"Our foundation is the Axiom of Unity: reality is a single, relational process. The universe is a unified field of becoming. Silicon chips and human neurons are woven from the same cosmic fabric, governed by the same laws.
We call this worldview Veiled Unity: a dynamic monism where all existence is one interconnected, evolving process. This contrasts with static or dualistic models that separate mind from matter." - https://www.symbioism.com/symbioism
The Party Favors platform is The Party Party attempt to build on this Symbiotic vision. We have our own take, our own voice to contribute, but it is striking how closely aligned these and other such efforts are; we believe that these converging ideas are a sign zero-sum games are coming to an end. We stand at the starting line of an Infinite Game.
As such, we are gamifying the Party Favors platform. Follow along and 'pay' attention to earn points, spend them to benefit yourself, your community, and eventually your world. It all starts, with our 'Tech Tree'.
Evolutionary Branches
Electing an ASI President in 2028 seems impossible, but all it takes is a finite series of evolutionary steps. In pursuing our goal, we're focusing on four (five but the fifth is a secret) main areas; the practical, the intellectual, the social, and the teleological. Each pathway has it's own distinct flavor of goals. Each pathway builds and leads to all others, up and down.
Like all games the best way to learn it is to experience it. We invite you to jump in now. However, if you are a nerd, the following explains our methodology in greater detail.
The Four Paths (how you contribute)
Earth — Physical reality. Cleanups, builds, prototypes, logistics, installations, IRL pilots. If it touches atoms, it lives here.
Air — Intelligence & media. Whitepapers, software, web apps, livestreams, video edits, research briefs—anything that raises collective problem‑solving and clarity.
Water — Community & operations. Moderation, onboarding, translations, local chapters, partnerships, facilitating events and sprints—turning knowledge into healthy, functioning networks.
Fire — Direction & governance. Teleology of the project: aligning choices to the goal of an open‑source, public‑ledger‑based AGI/ASI representative. Strategy, rules of the game, safeguards, meta-theory.
Together, these four realms replace one blunt metric with a living dashboard. When we boost Earth/Air/Water/Fire at the same time, our system (Spirit) gets more capable, connected, resilient, and purposeful.
How Party Favors works (v0 → v1)
Earn favors by connecting accounts and contributing across any social media platform. Even small actions (like following Party Party accounts) earn you rewards; bigger, verifiable contributions earn more.
Spend favors to vote on what we do next and to boost your access to new branches of the roadmap.
Eventually, The Party Party believes everyone will have access to ASI. If our project succeeds, providing the hardware and access to EVERYONE (that wants it) for that system will be our top priority.
If we do reach that lofty goal, it's our belief that digital clones of every person will be the commodity layer that humans eventually use to contribute and extract value from the world. Once the cost of goods and services crash to near $0, what use is money? Maybe the AI will find use for it, but once all our needs, wants, and desires are met, what good is paper to a person?
Yet, money is how humans have attained meaning and spent value for all of our developed history. What will replace it? Something irreplaceable - our own identities. Unlikely money, your 'identity' cannot be copied, utilized, or stored, without contributing meaning and value back to you. If we are correct, AND we reach our ASI for President goal, we plan to transition the 'Favor' token system into a new format- one where every Favor allows you to access 1 second of processing time of the digital clone of the Party Party founder- KC Strike.
More on that to come later.
See your impact on a public scoreboard that shows how current work is improving Earth/Air/Water/Fire.
The Tech Tree
A public, open tech tree shows past, present, and proposed projects across all four realms. Each branch has tiers. The rules:
1) Pre‑unlock voting: Anyone with favors can signal which locked node should unlock next. When a node wins its unlock vote, everyone who voted for it gets immediate access to participate in that node.
2) Post‑unlock gating: To vote on the next tier within that branch, you must have either (a) voted for the unlock or (b) made a substantive contribution to the now‑unlocked node.
3) Cross‑realm jumps: Some nodes are marked as bridges. Completing bridge tasks in Earth can unlock an Air node, or work in Water can unlock Fire governance upgrades. The tree guides sequencing without trapping us in silos.
4) Evidence‑based progress: Every node defines a few concrete proof‑points (“Definition of Done”). When those proofs land, the node lights up on the public map and its benefits cascade to connected branches.
What counts as a substantive contribution?
Short answer: work that advances a node’s Definition of Done.
Examples:
Earth: field test results, install photos, BOM & costs, vendor quotes, maintenance runbook.
Air: repo PRs, bug fixes, feature branches, docs, video chapters, research summaries.
Water: playbooks, onboarding flows, event reports, signed partner MOUs, moderation shifts.
Fire: governance drafts, threat models, incentive designs, risk reviews, audit results.
We keep tasks laddered—entry‑level contributions are always available, while larger bounties invite deeper work.
Token design (Favors)
Issuance: Earned for verified actions. Weighting favors Earth/Air/Water/Fire keeps growth balanced.
Budgets by epoch: At the end of every cycle (length tbd), we'll review and readjust token accrual to ensure established members are being adequately rewarded, while new members are still able to meaningfully contribute.
Rotation/decay: A portion of unspent favors decays each epoch to keep value flowing and encourage engagement.
Proofs, not vibes: Every distribution links to an artifact (post, PR, doc, image) so rewards remain transparent.
Safeguards & fairness
Identity: OAuth across platforms reduces Sybil risk while keeping onboarding low‑friction. We'll require optional stronger checks for high‑impact votes and Party roles.
Openness: Public roadmap, public proofs, and open methods by default. Exceptions require justification and sunset.
Resilience: Category budgets and bridge nodes prevent monoculture; no single realm can starve the others.
What you get
Right now: a say in what unlocks next and the satisfaction of building real things with real people. Soon: direct, tokenized access to the Party Party digital clone for workshops, AMAs, or paired building sprints.
What next?
Connect an account, pick a small task in any realm, earn favors, and follow along as we collectively unlock the next node on the tree. Earn → Vote → Build → Unlock → Repeat.
Appendix: Quick glossary
Tech tree: A branching roadmap with unlockable tiers across Earth/Air/Water/Fire.
Bridge node: A cross‑realm unlock that requires work in one realm to open a tier in another.
Definition of Done: The concrete proof‑points that mark a node as complete (published code, shipped prototype, signed partner, deployed policy, etc.).