Dr. Dominique Luchart
@dominiquefactor.bsky.social
Author, Filmmaker, Speaker, Futurist, Gamer - Love Science Fiction and Science Facts and the Future! World citizen and universal wanderer. 🌈📚🎮🧩
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This is the first in a series exploring corporate governance in Newdawn 2098—a sci-fi universe I've been developing since 2011.
Full article on Medium: [newdawnblog.com/blog]
Complete worldbuilding: [newdawnblog.com]
What trades are you willing to make?
#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeFiction
Full article on Medium: [newdawnblog.com/blog]
Complete worldbuilding: [newdawnblog.com]
What trades are you willing to make?
#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeFiction
October 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is the first in a series exploring corporate governance in Newdawn 2098—a sci-fi universe I've been developing since 2011.
Full article on Medium: [newdawnblog.com/blog]
Complete worldbuilding: [newdawnblog.com]
What trades are you willing to make?
#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeFiction
Full article on Medium: [newdawnblog.com/blog]
Complete worldbuilding: [newdawnblog.com]
What trades are you willing to make?
#WorldBuilding #SpeculativeFiction
This worldbuilding isn't just fiction—it's an interactive universe.
Newdawn Ascendance Universe Genesis includes:
Trading card game exploring these power dynamics
NFT collectibles of key characters & locations
Transmedia storytelling
Experience the world: newdawnshop.com
#TCG #NFT
Newdawn Ascendance Universe Genesis includes:
Trading card game exploring these power dynamics
NFT collectibles of key characters & locations
Transmedia storytelling
Experience the world: newdawnshop.com
#TCG #NFT
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October 30, 2025 at 8:00 AM
This worldbuilding isn't just fiction—it's an interactive universe.
Newdawn Ascendance Universe Genesis includes:
Trading card game exploring these power dynamics
NFT collectibles of key characters & locations
Transmedia storytelling
Experience the world: newdawnshop.com
#TCG #NFT
Newdawn Ascendance Universe Genesis includes:
Trading card game exploring these power dynamics
NFT collectibles of key characters & locations
Transmedia storytelling
Experience the world: newdawnshop.com
#TCG #NFT
But the trajectory isn't locked.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
October 30, 2025 at 7:59 AM
But the trajectory isn't locked.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
But the trajectory isn't locked.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
October 30, 2025 at 7:58 AM
But the trajectory isn't locked.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
We can design futures that combine efficiency WITH accountability, optimization WITH equity, innovation WITH democratic values.
We have to see the pattern first.
When we celebrate efficiency without questioning whose needs get optimized out...
When we accept private solutions without asking what we're surrendering...
When we prioritize optimization over equity...
We're not preparing for Newdawn 2098. We're building it.
When we accept private solutions without asking what we're surrendering...
When we prioritize optimization over equity...
We're not preparing for Newdawn 2098. We're building it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
When we celebrate efficiency without questioning whose needs get optimized out...
When we accept private solutions without asking what we're surrendering...
When we prioritize optimization over equity...
We're not preparing for Newdawn 2098. We're building it.
When we accept private solutions without asking what we're surrendering...
When we prioritize optimization over equity...
We're not preparing for Newdawn 2098. We're building it.
THE QUESTION ISN'T "COULD THIS HAPPEN?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
October 30, 2025 at 7:57 AM
THE QUESTION ISN'T "COULD THIS HAPPEN?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
October 30, 2025 at 7:56 AM
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
The danger isn't malice. It's incrementalism. It's insidious.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
October 30, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The danger isn't malice. It's incrementalism. It's insidious.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
PHASE TWO (2040-2060): The Efficiency Argument
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are wrong. They are persuasive.
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are wrong. They are persuasive.
October 30, 2025 at 7:54 AM
PHASE TWO (2040-2060): The Efficiency Argument
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are wrong. They are persuasive.
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are wrong. They are persuasive.
PHASE ONE (2025-2040): Private Solutions Outperform Public Institutions
We're already here.
Climate disasters: Who responds faster—FEMA or Amazon logistics?
Pandemics: Private sector deployed solutions faster than government.
Space: SpaceX vs NASA.
The pattern accelerates.
We're already here.
Climate disasters: Who responds faster—FEMA or Amazon logistics?
Pandemics: Private sector deployed solutions faster than government.
Space: SpaceX vs NASA.
The pattern accelerates.
October 30, 2025 at 7:52 AM
PHASE ONE (2025-2040): Private Solutions Outperform Public Institutions
We're already here.
Climate disasters: Who responds faster—FEMA or Amazon logistics?
Pandemics: Private sector deployed solutions faster than government.
Space: SpaceX vs NASA.
The pattern accelerates.
We're already here.
Climate disasters: Who responds faster—FEMA or Amazon logistics?
Pandemics: Private sector deployed solutions faster than government.
Space: SpaceX vs NASA.
The pattern accelerates.
THE QUESTION ISN'T "COULD THIS HAPPEN?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
THE QUESTION ISN'T "COULD THIS HAPPEN?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
THE QUESTION IS: "ARE WE ALREADY CHOOSING THIS?"
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
WE'RE MAKING THESE TRADES NOW:
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
Privacy for convenience
Agency for efficiency
Democratic participation for expert management
Public goods for private services
Each seems reasonable. Each solves a real problem. Each moves us one step further.
The danger isn't malice. It's incrementalism.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
October 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The danger isn't malice. It's incrementalism.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
Each rational choice makes sense in isolation but compounds into something we never explicitly chose.
WHY I WROTE THIS:
I didn't create Newdawn's corporate governance system because I think it's inevitable.
I created it because I think it's AVOIDABLE—but only if we see where current trends lead.
I didn't create Newdawn's corporate governance system because I think it's inevitable.
I created it because I think it's AVOIDABLE—but only if we see where current trends lead.
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
WHY I WROTE THIS:
I didn't create Newdawn's corporate governance system because I think it's inevitable.
I created it because I think it's AVOIDABLE—but only if we see where current trends lead.
I didn't create Newdawn's corporate governance system because I think it's inevitable.
I created it because I think it's AVOIDABLE—but only if we see where current trends lead.
Because there's nowhere to walk away to.
October 30, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Because there's nowhere to walk away to.
The surveillance isn't oppressive—it's gamified.
Green = on track
Yellow = improvement needed
Red = ...nobody talks about red for long
Most find this acceptable. The food is decent. Housing is clean. There's entertainment, career paths.
What's missing: choice. Agency.
Green = on track
Yellow = improvement needed
Red = ...nobody talks about red for long
Most find this acceptable. The food is decent. Housing is clean. There's entertainment, career paths.
What's missing: choice. Agency.
October 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
The surveillance isn't oppressive—it's gamified.
Green = on track
Yellow = improvement needed
Red = ...nobody talks about red for long
Most find this acceptable. The food is decent. Housing is clean. There's entertainment, career paths.
What's missing: choice. Agency.
Green = on track
Yellow = improvement needed
Red = ...nobody talks about red for long
Most find this acceptable. The food is decent. Housing is clean. There's entertainment, career paths.
What's missing: choice. Agency.
DAILY LIFE IN 2098:
You wake in corporate housing. Your wearable logged your sleep, stress, health—feeding your productivity score.
Your LOYALTY SCORE determines:
Housing tier
Healthcare access
Advancement opportunities
Social connections
Dissent drops your score. Overtime raises it.
You wake in corporate housing. Your wearable logged your sleep, stress, health—feeding your productivity score.
Your LOYALTY SCORE determines:
Housing tier
Healthcare access
Advancement opportunities
Social connections
Dissent drops your score. Overtime raises it.
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
DAILY LIFE IN 2098:
You wake in corporate housing. Your wearable logged your sleep, stress, health—feeding your productivity score.
Your LOYALTY SCORE determines:
Housing tier
Healthcare access
Advancement opportunities
Social connections
Dissent drops your score. Overtime raises it.
You wake in corporate housing. Your wearable logged your sleep, stress, health—feeding your productivity score.
Your LOYALTY SCORE determines:
Housing tier
Healthcare access
Advancement opportunities
Social connections
Dissent drops your score. Overtime raises it.
Most people accept the trade. Not enthusiastically, but pragmatically.
When I developed this for Newdawn 2098, I asked myself: What would I choose if the alternative was chaos?
The honest answer: probably more than I'd like to admit.
That's what makes this unsettling.
When I developed this for Newdawn 2098, I asked myself: What would I choose if the alternative was chaos?
The honest answer: probably more than I'd like to admit.
That's what makes this unsettling.
October 30, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Most people accept the trade. Not enthusiastically, but pragmatically.
When I developed this for Newdawn 2098, I asked myself: What would I choose if the alternative was chaos?
The honest answer: probably more than I'd like to admit.
That's what makes this unsettling.
When I developed this for Newdawn 2098, I asked myself: What would I choose if the alternative was chaos?
The honest answer: probably more than I'd like to admit.
That's what makes this unsettling.
THE COSTS ARE SUBTLE:
✗ Lose job = lose citizenship
✗ Mobility restricted to corporate zones
✗ Dissent = breach of contract
✗ Privacy surrendered for optimization
✗ Democracy becomes "shareholder governance"
✗ Your kids' opportunities = your employment tier
✗ Lose job = lose citizenship
✗ Mobility restricted to corporate zones
✗ Dissent = breach of contract
✗ Privacy surrendered for optimization
✗ Democracy becomes "shareholder governance"
✗ Your kids' opportunities = your employment tier
October 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
THE COSTS ARE SUBTLE:
✗ Lose job = lose citizenship
✗ Mobility restricted to corporate zones
✗ Dissent = breach of contract
✗ Privacy surrendered for optimization
✗ Democracy becomes "shareholder governance"
✗ Your kids' opportunities = your employment tier
✗ Lose job = lose citizenship
✗ Mobility restricted to corporate zones
✗ Dissent = breach of contract
✗ Privacy surrendered for optimization
✗ Democracy becomes "shareholder governance"
✗ Your kids' opportunities = your employment tier
THE BENEFITS ARE REAL:
✓ Guaranteed employment & income
✓ Comprehensive healthcare
✓ Housing provision
✓ Skills training
✓ Clear hierarchies
✓ Stability
✓ Guaranteed employment & income
✓ Comprehensive healthcare
✓ Housing provision
✓ Skills training
✓ Clear hierarchies
✓ Stability
October 30, 2025 at 7:37 AM
THE BENEFITS ARE REAL:
✓ Guaranteed employment & income
✓ Comprehensive healthcare
✓ Housing provision
✓ Skills training
✓ Clear hierarchies
✓ Stability
✓ Guaranteed employment & income
✓ Comprehensive healthcare
✓ Housing provision
✓ Skills training
✓ Clear hierarchies
✓ Stability
PHASE THREE (2060-2080): The Great Trade
Corporate Citizenship emerges.
You're not American or French—you're Tech Sector, Manufacturing Sector.
Your citizenship = your employment.
Corporate Citizenship emerges.
You're not American or French—you're Tech Sector, Manufacturing Sector.
Your citizenship = your employment.
October 30, 2025 at 7:35 AM
PHASE THREE (2060-2080): The Great Trade
Corporate Citizenship emerges.
You're not American or French—you're Tech Sector, Manufacturing Sector.
Your citizenship = your employment.
Corporate Citizenship emerges.
You're not American or French—you're Tech Sector, Manufacturing Sector.
Your citizenship = your employment.
I see it in boardrooms—brilliant people optimizing systems without considering who gets optimized OUT.
October 30, 2025 at 7:30 AM
I see it in boardrooms—brilliant people optimizing systems without considering who gets optimized OUT.
But here's what's missing:
Who doesn't benefit from optimization?
What happens to the "inefficient"?
Where do democratic values fit in efficiency metrics?
How do you vote out a corporation?
These questions get lost in the appeal of "what works."
Who doesn't benefit from optimization?
What happens to the "inefficient"?
Where do democratic values fit in efficiency metrics?
How do you vote out a corporation?
These questions get lost in the appeal of "what works."
October 30, 2025 at 7:29 AM
But here's what's missing:
Who doesn't benefit from optimization?
What happens to the "inefficient"?
Where do democratic values fit in efficiency metrics?
How do you vote out a corporation?
These questions get lost in the appeal of "what works."
Who doesn't benefit from optimization?
What happens to the "inefficient"?
Where do democratic values fit in efficiency metrics?
How do you vote out a corporation?
These questions get lost in the appeal of "what works."
PHASE TWO (2040-2060): The Efficiency Argument
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are not wrong, but are persuasive.
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are not wrong, but are persuasive.
October 30, 2025 at 7:26 AM
PHASE TWO (2040-2060): The Efficiency Argument
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are not wrong, but are persuasive.
The case becomes compelling:
Corporate decisions at market speed vs political speed
Clear metrics vs diffuse voter priorities
Rapid innovation vs procurement bureaucracy
Optimization vs legacy systems
These arguments are not wrong, but are persuasive.