One Hundred Instructions for the Future
Moe Ebii
One Hundred Instructions for the Future is a speculative project made of four books. Inspired by NASA’s Voyager Golden Record mission of carrying an eternal message, each book addresses a different point in time. Book 1 is addressed to 2026, now. Book 2 to 2091, the year the creator is expected to die. Book 3 to 4045, a date that comes from the gap between when the Rosetta Stone was carved and when it was decoded, mapped forward from today. Book 4 is addressed to a time beyond listing.
All books carry the same one hundred instructions. Each book was designed with a specific future in mind, in a future where human traits become harder to identify. These instructions are designed to produce answers that are uniquely human, and prompt responses so specific that they work as proof of individual existence.
Each book is half the physical size of the next, a visual representation of the growing difficulty of carrying a message across time and the challenge for these messages to stay alive. Printed underneath at low opacity, the books give future readers overlapping layers to work from, the same logic that made the Rosetta Stone readable.