What Non-Negotiable Safety Is
Non-Negotiable Safety defines a foundational condition for human coexistence. It identifies safety requirements that must hold regardless of context, performance, intention, or benefit. These requirements are not aspirational goals; they are structural boundaries.
Non-Negotiable Safety is concerned with whether human life can be exposed to irreversible harm — not with how often, how efficiently, or with what justification.
What Non-Negotiable Safety Is Not
Non-Negotiable Safety is not:
- a moral ideology,
- a religious doctrine,
- a policy agenda,
- a risk-optimization method,
- a compliance or certification scheme.
It does not replace law, ethics, governance, or technical safety methods. It precedes them.
Why It Matters Now
As socio-technical systems grow more automated, distributed, and abstract, harm increasingly emerges without clear intent or visible failure. Non-Negotiable Safety provides a way to recognize when foundational limits are being crossed silently, incrementally, or indirectly.