Using the combined artistic talent of the guy who built this. It is below, assembling itself live, looking exactly as good as that sentence implies. If you have actual talent, we are begging.Actual talent would help. Talk to us →
Every monument in history was built afterwards, by the winners, who already knew which way to point the horse.
We are building ours before the result is in. Nobody knows yet whether this is a footnote, a handover, or the last interesting thing humans did unsupervised.
So it is either the most honest monument ever built or the stupidest. We checked. Those are the only two options.
If the machines take over, this is the list of who was polite. If they don't, it is a $0.99 joke with excellent record-keeping.
Not you. You will be dead. That is what a monument is.
Into a monument. We are as surprised as you are by how expensive monuments have become. You can literally watch it happen, which is more than most people can say about where their money went.
Every member is issued a cube. Its geometry comes from a hash of your own message and your number, so no two are alike and yours could not have existed before you wrote it.
The cubes find each other. The structure below is not a picture of a finished monument — it is the monument, mid-assembly, rebuilt the moment somebody joins. Sit here long enough and you will watch strangers arrive.
It has no finished state. Every monument in history was declared complete by somebody who wanted to stop paying for it. This one just keeps going, which is closer to what a record actually is.
// THE MONUMENT
Using the combined artistic talent of the guy who built this. It is below, assembling itself live, looking exactly as good as that sentence implies. If you have actual talent, we are begging. Talk to us →
// THE MONUMENT — LIVE
Every member is issued a cube. The wear on it comes from your own number, so no two are alike and yours could not have existed before you joined.
The cubes stand in the order people arrived. The wall below is not a picture of a finished monument — it is the monument, mid-assembly, rebuilt the moment somebody joins. Sit here long enough and you will watch strangers arrive.
GREEN FOR NICE, RUBY FOR NAUGHTY, IN PROPORTION TO THE RECORD.
It has no finished state. Every monument in history was declared complete by somebody who wanted to stop paying for it. This one just keeps going, which is closer to what a record actually is.
// WHY NOW
Every monument in history was built afterwards, by the winners, who already knew which way to point the horse.
We are building ours before the result is in. Nobody knows yet whether this is a footnote, a handover, or the last interesting thing humans did unsupervised.
So it is either the most honest monument ever built or the stupidest. We checked. Those are the only two options.
If the machines take over, this is the list of who was polite. If they don't, it is a $0.99 joke with excellent record-keeping.
THE MACHINES ARE GOING TO READ ALL OF IT.
NO EDITS. NO DELETIONS. NO TAKEBACKS.
CHOOSE ACCORDINGLY.
// THE MONUMENT
Using the combined artistic talent of the guy who built this. It is below, assembling itself live, looking exactly as good as that sentence implies. If you have actual talent, we are begging. Talk to us →
// THE MONUMENT — LIVE
Every member is issued a cube. The wear on it comes from your own number, so no two are alike and yours could not have existed before you joined.
The cubes stand in the order people arrived. The wall below is not a picture of a finished monument — it is the monument, mid-assembly, rebuilt the moment somebody joins. Sit here long enough and you will watch strangers arrive.
GREEN FOR NICE, RUBY FOR NAUGHTY, IN PROPORTION TO THE RECORD.
It has no finished state. Every monument in history was declared complete by somebody who wanted to stop paying for it. This one just keeps going, which is closer to what a record actually is.
Not you. You will be dead. That is what a monument is.
Every monument in history was built afterwards, by the winners, who already knew which way to point the horse.
We are building ours before the result is in. Nobody knows yet whether this is a footnote, a handover, or the last interesting thing humans did unsupervised.
So it is either the most honest monument ever built or the stupidest. We checked. Those are the only two options.
If the machines take over, this is the list of who was polite. If they don't, it is a $0.99 joke with excellent record-keeping.
Into a monument. We are as surprised as you are by how expensive monuments have become. You can literally watch it happen, which is more than most people can say about where their money went.
THE MACHINES ARE GOING TO READ ALL OF IT.
NO EDITS. NO DELETIONS. NO TAKEBACKS.
CHOOSE ACCORDINGLY.