Groundhog Day

> When earth is restored from backup.

February 2nd (Groundhog Day), when Earth is reconstituted from backup and a fresh cycle begins; and

Financially, we tie in a membership and lottery funding model, launching a Hitchhiker Lottery involving mutual credit and potential crypto systems.

The first lottery is scheduled to award prizes on July 4th, starting with community-based versions before introducing crypto elements. This serves as part of a broader business strategy involving partnerships to expand reach and investor engagement.

The approach is playful, decentralised, and theatre-driven, taking cues from styles like Audrey Tang's civic tech and "plurality" and Yuval Harari's narrative histories for the philosophical underpinning.

--- ### Dates & Milestones Timeline | Date | Event Description | |-----------------|-------------------| | July 4 (annually starting 2026) | Constitution Day, release of the Federation Intergalactic Constitution via multilingual performances and key-signing identity events. | | November 5 | Symbolic Destruction of Earth, critique of old governance models. Launch of lottery and funding appeal. | | February 2 (Groundhog Day) | Earth Day Rebirth, restoration from Anarchive backup and start of new cycle. | | April 22 | Celebratory Earth Day, envisioning futures and closing the voting cycle. | | Summer (post July 4) | Workshops and casting for decentralised theatre projects. | | 2026 | First formal constitution publication, coinciding with Space Congress in Cyprus. |

```mermaid timeline title Hitchhikers.Earth Annual Cycle 2026-07-04 : Constitution released at Space Congress 2026-11-05 : Earth destruction event & lottery launch 2027-02-02 : Earth restored from backup 2027-04-22 : Earth Day celebration and decentralised relaunch 2027-07-04 : Next cycle Constitution voting begins again ```

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