Mission
In short, we want regenerative societal transformation towards holistic well-being, which we see as the next fundamental step in human evolution overall.
For a rough explanation of that, see here. Also see Aikyaprema for the culture embodied at Hermes' Loom as well as Ultimate Collaboration for a list of related projects.
Structure
Hermes' Loom is a philanthropic organization established in November 2024. In contrast to traditional philanthropies, it leverages startup techniques and a deep tech focus to kickstart and boost its growth and impact, delivering unprecedented agility, responsiveness and effectivity.
Ongoing projects include
- The Golden Threadis like "Tinder for Philanthropy"A digital platform which globally democratizes philanthropy by making all of the world's open funding tenders accessible to everyone through intelligent matching, coaching for feasibility and assistance in executing projects for the common good.
- Dreamsis like "Kickstarter meets Democracy"A revolutionary open-source crowdfunding system that democratizes funding allocation by giving community members a transparent and accountable way to fund and manage projects, while automating reimbursements and tax compliance, and empowering users to decide how resources are distributed.
- Ultimate CollaborationCurrently just a list of links to projects which specialize in at least one of the areas to be covered by Hermes' Loom, as well as related practical educational material.
Further projects are still conceptual works in progress.
Intended areas of work
Hermes' Loom intends to cause interconnected systemic improvement through the following funds:
Radical Democracy Fund
How LLMs and semantic matching can be used to advise politicians based on opinions obtained and clustered in real time to truly give back power to the people.
Architectural Ecology Fund
How nature and building homes for humans can work in synergy, especially inspired by "A Pattern Language" by Alexander et al.
Restorative Justice Fund
How individuals and societies can heal discriminatory structures, both on the individual level, e.g. narcissism, and on the systemic level, e.g. prohibitive and traumatic practices.
Sanctuary Fund
How to build resilient and empowering physical communities.
Emotional Intelligence Education Fund
How people of all ages can cultivate empathy, resilience, emotional self-reflection, self-efficacy, mutual empowerment, and overall well-being.
Cultural Revitalization Fund
How ancient and modern mythological frameworks and practices can be seen as a compass towards what we are actually longing for.
Peak Experience Fund
How to create and facilitate events, experiences and environments which foster awe and connection.
Across all funds
Interconnection Forum
Responsible for identifying synergies, overlaps, similarities, collaboration opportunities and high-level insights emerging from projects from all the funds mentioned above.
Impact Evaluation Forum
Kind of the "supervisory board" of HL, researches how to measure the impact on subjective well-being of all stakeholders involved in the different projects.