Project 950 · The Superhero Wall
The new heroes are already here.
Stan Lee is gone. The heroes now are people learning something hard, in public, for glory and not money. Tell us about one. It can be you.
How it works
Earn your belts.
- Tell a hero story
You or someone else, showing at least 3 of the ten rules. Once it's approved you're a White belt, and you get a private dojo code.
- Test for the next belt
Every belt after White is one step of making something real: concept, design, package, assets, build, execute, repeat. Show the step, earn the belt.
- Teach
Black belt is for teaching. Someone you taught enters your dojo ID and earns a belt of their own. That's the whole point.
The belts
White to Black.
One belt at a time, in order. Every story is read before it goes up.
01White belt
Spotter
Put a hero on the wall: you or someone else, showing at least three of the rules.
02Yellow belt
Concept
Write down your own idea: what it is, who it's for, and why it's hard.
03Orange belt
Design
Show the design: a sketch, a plan, a model or a mockup.
04Green belt
Package
Give it a name, a look and a one-line pitch someone else can repeat.
05Blue belt
Assets
Make the digital assets: a page, a video, the art, a deck.
06Purple belt
Build
Build it: the hardware, the software, or both.
07Brown belt
Execute
Do it in public. Show the proof.
08Red belt
Repeat
Do it again, better.
09Black belt
Teach
Teach someone else to do the same. Black needs a student of yours who has earned a belt.
The rules
Show at least 3.
The ten rules from the manifesto, as things you can see a person do.
- 01For glory, not moneyDoes the hard thing for the doing of it, not the payday.
- 02Knowledge over wealthLearns, teaches, studies. Puts brains ahead of bank.
- 03Peace over violenceBrings calm where there's heat. Builds instead of breaks.
- 04Shares the winGives the credit to the crowd that showed up.
- 05Does the math firstPlans it, checks it, then goes. Not the other way around.
- 06Risks failing in publicTries where people can see, safely, knowing it might not work.
- 07Brings people togetherGets people from different corners into the same room.
- 08Does it in the openSays what they're doing and why, and shows the receipts.
- 09Turns a limit into fuelHas something in the way, and goes anyway.
- 10Shows, doesn't tellYou know them by what they did, not what they said.
The wall
Heroes of St. Louis.
No heroes up yet. The first story could be yours. Put one on the wall.
The dojo roll
Your move