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A smartphone that, with accessories, is also meant to be a handheld and a console. Screwed, not glued; swappable modules; spare parts for years.
Specification on paperSome of the suffering in this world does not have to exist.
We inflict it on each other, we inflict it on animals — out of fear, out of greed, out of habit. And in doing so we destroy the living world that carries us all.
I wrote a manifesto about that. It is finished and free to read.
Cedra is the attempt to build accordingly.
One thing is finished: the Manifesto. A psychological, philosophical and systems-critical text about why people inflict suffering on each other that would not have to exist — and what follows from that. Free to read, to test and to take apart.
Cedra is the practical part of it. Five areas — technology, community, learning, expression, nourishment — that are meant to become products one day. Today none of them is one: no company, no prototype, no date.
The standard stays the same across all five areas: Does it protect life? Does it reduce avoidable suffering? Does it foster consciousness? Does it strengthen responsibility? Whatever fails those questions gets dropped.
Cedra stands close to Solarpunk: technology not as an end in itself and not as salvation, but as a tool that sustains the foundations of life instead of consuming them. None of it is built yet. That is the honest difference between a direction and a result.
Vegan — not as an aesthetic, but as a consequence. Reducing avoidable suffering does not stop at humans.
Four sentences every decision has to be measured against. Mine included.
Not as dogma. Not as a moral weapon. But as a direction.
Five areas of life. So far they exist as concepts — sketches, specifications, notes. No prototype, no product, no names. They get product names once there are products.
A smartphone that, with accessories, is also meant to be a handheld and a console. Screwed, not glued; swappable modules; spare parts for years.
Specification on paperA social network that does not grab for attention: small, private circles. A status that shows how you are doing — not what you own.
ConceptA learning platform for every age. AI as a tool that explains instead of distracting — as local as is technically possible.
ConceptClothing built to be repaired and fairly sewn. Damaged pieces come back and get mended instead of replaced.
ConceptVegan staple food that stays affordable. The idea: every purchase helps fund portions for people who cannot afford any. Whether that model helps more than it harms is an open question — it has displaced local markets before. It needs testing before it gets built.
Concept · open questionsFear, habit, conditioning, inherited rules — much of it runs in the background without our ever having chosen it. The Manifesto tries to make that code readable. It is the standard behind every decision. That includes the uncomfortable question aimed at myself. This site and many of its texts were made with AI, and AI costs energy. My answer is not an excuse but a rule: renewable power, small local models, AI only where it actually solves something. I still have to make good on it.
There is: the Manifesto, finished — as text, PDF and audiobook. This site. Concepts and specifications for the five areas.
There is not: a company, a product, a prototype, a team, money, a date. I work on this alone, alongside everything else.
How it came about: The thoughts, the structure and every decision are mine. I put them into words with AI — I checked every sentence and discarded many, but I did not type them myself.
When that changes, this section changes.