---
slug: "Futureclaim"
name: "Futureclaim"
type: "Governance"
layer: "Society"
ref: "Futureclaim#a57c"
sema_id: "sema:Futureclaim#mh:SHA-256:a57c755754001d989e17602c3864fefb2228b6e31632d1aad7819e5c04433d0d"
tags: ["Society","Governance"]
updated: 2026-11-11
mindscape: "bootstrap"
index_url: https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json
url: https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Futureclaim/
related: ["Decision","Absentseat","Brakegrow"]
---

# Futureclaim

Treat the needs of future people as claims that a present decision must weigh and answer

Layer: Society · Category: Governance

## Mechanism

A [Decision](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Decision.md) with long consequences lists its effects on parties who do not yet exist or cannot yet act, and treats each effect as a claim to be weighed and answered in the record, not as optional generosity.

## Invariants

- Effects on future parties are listed.
- Each listed effect is weighed and answered in the decision record.

## Failure modes

- Discounting to zero: future effects are listed and given no weight.
- Speculative claims: imagined future needs override present evidence.

## Builds on

- [Decision](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Decision.md) (Infrastructure; References)

## Used by

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## Identity

- Sema ID: `sema:Futureclaim#mh:SHA-256:a57c755754001d989e17602c3864fefb2228b6e31632d1aad7819e5c04433d0d`
- Ref: `Futureclaim#a57c`

## Links

- [Pattern page](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/Futureclaim/)
- [View in the interactive graph](https://mindscape.world/bootstrap/#Futureclaim)
- [JSON](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap/Futureclaim.json)
- [Index of all patterns](https://mindscape.world/scapes/bootstrap.json)