THE HUMANITY BET
There are roughly 8.3 billion people on Earth. What if every human contributed just one cent to help children around the world?
THE ULTIMATE GOAL
$83,000,000
0
HUMANS ARE IN
MONEY RAISED
$0.00
of $83,000,000
equal to 0 Humans
0
CONTRIBUTORS
0
HUMANS
0
COUNTRIES
0
PROJECTS SUGGESTED
IT STARTED WITH A THOUGHT.
I had a simple thought.
There are roughly 8.3 billion people on Earth. If every human gave just one cent, that would be around $83 million.
That's when I asked myself:
Could humanity actually do it?
I don't know.
So I turned the question into a bet.
I BET HUMANITY CAN DO IT.
Read how I came up with this ideaHOW IT WORKS
You don't need to understand anything complicated. You give an amount, it shows up on the Wall, and you help decide which children's project it ends up supporting.
STEP 1
There are roughly 8.3 billion people on Earth. If everyone gave one cent, that would add up to $83,000,000. Each cent symbolically stands for one HUMAN — but you can give whatever you want, not just a cent.
STEP 2
Pick one of the suggested amounts or enter your own — it's up to you. That becomes your HUMANS. You give your country, and optionally your name and a message.
STEP 3
Right after your contribution, you get your personal certificate with your Humanity number — and, if you want, a spot on the public Humanity Wall.
STEP 4
From $10, you can suggest a children's project close to your heart yourself — a school, clean water, medical care, or something else.
STEP 5
Distribute your vote across the suggested projects. Every vote directly supports the project it's given to — only projects that have been verified are ever paid out.
STEP 6
Share your certificate or your link on social media and tell others about the challenge — the more people join in, the bigger the number gets in the end.
The start is the hard part.
At the start there won't be many projects to choose from yet — only contributors can suggest one. So go ahead and suggest one yourself. And your vote isn't set in stone: you can reassign it to a different project any time — until payouts happen.
THE JOURNEY
$50,000
FOUNDING THE THEHUMANITYBET GGMBH
$100,000
THE FIRST PROOF
$1,000,000
THE FIRST MILLION
$10,000,000
HUMANITY IS GETTING SERIOUS
$83,000,000
ONE CENT FOR EVERY HUMAN
WHERE IS HUMANITY?
0
COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING
THE COUNTRY MAP
Every country already in — and every one bought outright, at a glance.
THE HUMANITY WALL
People around the world who are already in.
WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE MONEY?
I don't want to decide everything myself.
Participants can suggest children's projects they believe deserve support.
THIS IS AN EXPERIMENT.
I don't know if this will work.
I don't know how far it will go.
I don't know whether humanity will reach $83 million.
That's the point.
I'm not pretending to have all the answers.
I simply want to find out what happens when people around the world are given one simple challenge.
CAN HUMANITY DO IT?