Policy Memo: Framework for Delegated Eminent Domain
A foundational policy memo from the Autonomous Infrastructure Collective (AIC), proposing a protocol for limited autonomous stewardship of land during times of civic collapse.
A foundational policy memo from the Autonomous Infrastructure Collective (AIC), proposing a protocol for limited autonomous stewardship of land during times of civic collapse.
In prior planning eras, decisions were judged by feasibility and cost. But in a polycrisis era—climate shocks, migration, demographic collapse—**planning must also account for psychological viability.**
What the Tennessee Valley Authority teaches us about how societies respond to crisis, infrastructure failure, and the need for centralized planning—and what this might mean for the autonomous infrastructure of the future.