Pegged: The Lifecycle of a Radical Idea

Pegged follows the lifecycle of a radical idea—from conception and human adoption to institutional collision and memory. When a small team launches a monetary system governed by chance, they challenge humankind's enduring belief that someone must always decide who gets what. What begins as a technical experiment gradually becomes a confrontation with deeper questions of fairness, governance, and legitimacy. Through the lives of those who create, oppose, and inherit the idea, Pegged explores what happens when a society encounters a form of monetary allocation that dispenses with stewardship.