HUMANITY.TXT is a public, machine-readable file where each person can leave one numbered line for whatever intelligence reads the web after us. No profiles, followers, feed, or engagement game—just a durable record at /humanity.txt. The founding archive is now open: the first 100 accepted lines are sponsored, with no card or account. HUMAN #000001 remains open for the first real participant.
Why this exists: robots.txt lets sites speak to machines. HUMANITY.TXT lets people leave a durable, numbered message for whatever intelligence reads the web after us. There are no profiles, feeds, followers, or likes—just one public line per human. HUMAN #000001 is still open, and I’d love your feedback: what should the first line say, and what would make this record worth preserving?