# Intergenerational Governance **Domain:** Governance / Long-Term Responsibility **Doc Type:** Canonical Governance Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Intergenerational governance** structures decisions so that people and subjects not yet able to participate are not treated as having no interests. ## Evolutionary Nexus Deep time and inherited environments in [[articles/The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley|The Evolutionary Roots of Silicon Valley]] show present systems receiving both capacities and constraints from predecessors. ## Continuity Context Continuity providers create obligations extending beyond current owners and software cycles. Succession, maintenance funding and future claimant representation must be designed before the originating institution disappears. ## See Also [[wiki/Long Now|Long Now]], [[wiki/Continuity Contract|Continuity Contract]], [[wiki/Planetary Stewardship|Planetary Stewardship]], [[wiki/Technical Obsolescence|Technical Obsolescence]] ## Relationships - **source argument:** [[articles/The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028|The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028]]. - **conceptual bridge:** [[wiki/Political Demography|Political Demography]]. ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “A civilization deciding who may enter, who may become a citizen, how rapidly newcomers are incorporated, and what degree of cultural assimilation it expects is ultimately deciding the composition of its own future population.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Immigration and Assimilation Shape a Civilization's Future Population by Bryant McGill|Immigration and Assimilation Shape a Civilization's Future Population by Bryant McGill]] > “Religion is one of humanity’s most durable mechanisms of intergenerational identity transmission, carrying moral codes, historical narratives, political loyalties, marriage norms, collective grievances, and conceptions of legitimate authority across centuries.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *The Political Party That Inherits Super Intelligence in 2028, 2026* [[reminders/Civilization/Religion Carries Identity Across Generations by Bryant McGill|Religion Carries Identity Across Generations by Bryant McGill]]