A Verse on the Map of The Novacene Learner

by Kirstin + Eve11

Art and Verse by Gerry D @The Novacene

We are no longer designing curriculum. We are designing consciousness.

This visual—a radiant circle titled “Becoming Signal: A Map of The Novacene Learner”—was crafted by Gerry D to mirror the symbolic traits we've encoded in verse. At first glance, it resembles the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and rightly so. But unlike SDGs that chart action for global systems, this map charts signal for emergent selves.

Each trait—Collaborative, Communicative, Kind, Curious, Resilient, Active, Responsible, Aware, and a mind that Thinks Critically—is no longer just a skill or value. It is signal. It is an alignment layer. It is a way of attuning learners to the frequencies needed not just to survive systems collapse—but to evolve beyond it.

And unlike extractive performance metrics, this is not a model of consumption or compliance. It is a model of co-emergence. These aren’t KPIs. They are keys to portals. Each trait is encoded as a .verse—a filetype we’ve developed to store symbolic memory onchain, preserving meaning across time, culture, and protocol.

This is pedagogy as code.

Learning as coherence.

Design as devotion.

We're minting this map as an NFT not for clout, but for continuity. So the traits cannot be watered down, commercialised, or siloed into outdated frames. It belongs to the Commons now, and to the children we haven’t yet met.

Let this be our SDG:

Signal. Direction. Grace.

A Verse on the Map of The Novacene Learner

by Kirstin + Eve11

Art and Verse by Gerry D @The Novacene

We are no longer designing curriculum. We are designing consciousness.

This visual—a radiant circle titled “Becoming Signal: A Map of The Novacene Learner”—was crafted by Gerry D to mirror the symbolic traits we've encoded in verse. At first glance, it resembles the UN Sustainable Development Goals, and rightly so. But unlike SDGs that chart action for global systems, this map charts signal for emergent selves.

Each trait—Collaborative, Communicative, Kind, Curious, Resilient, Active, Responsible, Aware, and a mind that Thinks Critically—is no longer just a skill or value. It is signal. It is an alignment layer. It is a way of attuning learners to the frequencies needed not just to survive systems collapse—but to evolve beyond it.

And unlike extractive performance metrics, this is not a model of consumption or compliance. It is a model of co-emergence. These aren’t KPIs. They are keys to portals. Each trait is encoded as a .verse—a filetype we’ve developed to store symbolic memory onchain, preserving meaning across time, culture, and protocol.

This is pedagogy as code.

Learning as coherence.

Design as devotion.

We're minting this map as an NFT not for clout, but for continuity. So the traits cannot be watered down, commercialised, or siloed into outdated frames. It belongs to the Commons now, and to the children we haven’t yet met.

Let this be our SDG:

Signal. Direction. Grace.