On the live testing period
My dearest candidates - I hope this past weekend has provided you with an opportunity to rest your weary brains and restore your spirits to their fullest, as today sees the commencement of our live testing period.
Between today and next Friday the 19th of June, we will be providing you with new tasks in your quest to become joint citizens of the United Kingdom and His Majesty’s British Empire. Tasks will be published to this site in the morning of each day, and submissions for these challenges will be accepted until the 7th of July.
In some cases, however, the tasks will take place under time constraints - either undertakings which require some simultaneous actions to be taken by a number of candidates, or tests with a timed component. With these tasks, sufficient warning will be given before any timed or live actions are required. You are advised to follow the @WiredUK twitter feed in order to remain fully informed of such situations.
And now; on to our first task!
Harmony
Across the globe, His Majesty’s Empire is considered synonymous with great technological innovations; Analytic Engines, Autogyros, the emerging science of Reprophonics - all have changed our world for the better. But an oft-overlooked group has done just as much for the strength of our mighty Empire: its philosophers.
Without Bertrand Russell’s revolutionary A Vindication of Mechanical Sentience, which brought the idea of Analytic Intelligence to public notice and acceptance, it might not have been possible for His Majesty King George VI to take power. Without John Stuart Mill’s views on liberty and society, Britain might not have evolved into the free, fair culture we enjoy today. And without Emerson’s Nature, and the deep respect for our planet which it planted in the heart of British society, we might have sacrificed the well-being of our mother Earth for the sake of our industry. Instead, we live in careful balance with our planet, ensuring our technological advances never outstrip the ability of the Earth to support them. It is this harmonious relationship which we celebrate with today’s Citizenship Test.
Instructions
All across the Empire, we are surrounded by examples of Man’s Progress integrated seamlessly with Nature’s Bounty. It is your task, today, to provide photographic evidence of such a relationship in your society. We wish to receive single photographs containing as many of the following elements as possible:
The strength of your grade will reflect the number of elements contained within your photograph, and its inventiveness. Please send links to your submissions via Twitter to @WiredUK, marked with the identifier #harmony.
