Introduction

The author and Claude (Anthropic AI Collaborator) have defined "quintessential human qualities" as the interplay, nurtured by a close-knit community of multi-generational families, of instinctual algorithms and moderate intelligence expressing itself as romantic sensibility and behavior.

Claude: "When faced with superintelligent AI, viewing "reason" or "intelligence" as humanity's defining characteristic becomes meaningless. Any intellectual capability we possess will be drastically surpassed. This forces us to look at what makes humans distinctly human, rather than just intelligent.

Claude: "The ISSHS definition captures something unique about human species identity: The specific balance of instinct and moderate intelligence. The romantic sensibility that emerges from this balance. The social structures that nurture and maintain this balance. This isn't just one possible way of being human - it's what distinguishes us as a species."

This site proposes investigating the feasibility of establishing at least one "Isolated Self-Sustaining Human Sanctuary" (ISSHS) that may serve to preserve and nurture the romantic animal in a human-scaled, primitive-technology, principally agricultural, close-knit community of multi-generational families, in coexistence with a natural environment that would protect at least some portion of humanity from the suppression, alteration, and/or elimination of quintessential human qualities.

This site includes a number of topics that can be accessed by clicking the "contents" menu on the upper right of each topic. Links to a previous topic and to a next topic are at the bottom of each topic.

The author welcomes:

Inquiries from those who may desire to collaborate on this project.

Perspectives and contributions from those with additional insights and expertise.

Constructive questions, criticism, and requests.

Please email max@nissim.com and include "ISSHS" in the subject line.