Terms of Use

Last updated: August 2026

Welcome to the Terms of Use for The Audacity website. We know, we know — you came here for the gloriously unhinged writings of a delightful weirdo and now you're reading legal language. We promise to make this as painless as possible. Get a cup of tea. We'll be brief.

By using this website, you agree to these terms. If you disagree with them, you're welcome to leave, though we'd prefer you stayed and told us why.

1. The Spirit of This Thing

The Audacity is the warm little online nest where a wild conglomeration of huge dreams, unapologetic desires, unruly emotions, playful ideas, and glorious, glittering thought spirals make their home.

2. What This Website Is

This website is the doorway to exploring all those delightful unmentionables — the weird, wonderful, technicolor signpost pointing the way to the almighty Substack where the writing lives, and the place where we sometimes follow squirrels down rabbit holes and create other sorts of delightful mischief as well. It is not a financial prospectus, a legal offering of securities, or a binding commitment to any specific outcome. We are building something extraordinary, and that process involves uncertainty — which we embrace as a feature, not a bug.

(If you need certainty, this probably isn't the place for you. We wish you well.)

3. No Financial Promises

Any mention of tokens or community access and governance structures on this website represents a vision in development, not a current offering. Tokens, if and when issued, are utility instruments only — they represent future access rights and governance participation, not financial assets, equity, dividends, or investment returns. Nothing on this site constitutes financial advice, an offer to sell securities, or a guarantee of return. When and if token structures are formally established, they will be governed by proper legal documentation at that time.

4. Substack Pledges and Subscriptions

You may choose to support this work by subscribing to or pledging on our Substack publication. Free subscriptions are exactly that — free. Pledges allow readers to express future support: payment information is collected, but no charge is made unless and until paid subscriptions are formally activated, at which point pledges convert to recurring subscriptions per Substack's terms. Readers may cancel a pledge at any time before that conversion. All payment processing, refunds, and account management for Substack subscriptions are handled by Substack and its payment processor, Stripe. Subscriptions are not tax-deductible. For full details on how pledges and subscriptions work, see Substack's Terms of Service.

5. Intellectual Property

The Audacity name, logo, visual identity, and original written content on this website are the intellectual property of the project. You're welcome to share links to the site, quote small passages with attribution, and talk about us enthusiastically to everyone you know. Please don't reproduce our content wholesale or use our brand without asking.

(Asking is, as you may have noticed from the rest of this site, something we're very much in favor of.)

AI tools may be used in the research and development of some content on this site and in our publications, but the ideas and thoughts reflected here do come from a real human, who takes every reasonable effort to review content for accuracy and alignment with our vision and values before publishing. If you spot something that doesn't look right, we genuinely welcome the heads up. You can reach us via Substack.

6. The Nerve

The Nerve is an attention training game on this website. It's free to play, requires no account, and the game itself does not track you — no data is collected or transmitted while you play. The only information that ever leaves your device is what you choose to submit at the end.

The game includes a public leaderboard called "Those Who Dared." Submitting a score is entirely voluntary. If you choose to add your score to the board, any display name and optional location information you submit, along with your score, level achieved, and date of play, will be publicly visible to anyone who views the leaderboard.

Please don't submit a display name or location containing anything you wouldn't want displayed publicly — including profanity, offensive language, or personally identifying information you wish to keep private. We reserve the right to remove any leaderboard entry at our discretion, including entries containing offensive, abusive, or inappropriate content.

(We built this to celebrate our collective attention-honing efforts and enhance the overall experience of warmth, belonging, and community in this space. Play nice.)

7. Third-Party Links

This site links to Substack, Instagram, and potentially other external platforms. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of any third-party sites. Please read their terms and privacy policies too — they are their own thing, entirely.

8. Disclaimer of Warranties

This website is provided "as is" — which in plain English means: we've done our best to make it accurate and wonderful, but we can't legally promise it's perfect. We don't warrant that the site will be continuously available, error-free, or virus-free (though we're doing our best on all fronts). Use it in the spirit it's intended: with hope, curiosity, and a healthy dose of audacity.

9. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, or consequential damages arising from your use of this site. This includes, but is not limited to: lost profits, lost data, emotional investment in a dream that is still becoming real, or the inexplicable urge to quit your job and move to Costa Rica.

(We repeat: We take no responsibility for the Costa Rica urge. That one's on you. Though honestly — we get it.)

10. Governing Law

These terms are governed by the laws of the United States, specifically the state of Texas (current home base of the project's visionary). Any disputes will be resolved in the applicable courts of Texas, which we genuinely hope never happens because it sounds tedious for everyone.

11. Changes to These Terms

As our vision for The Audacity evolves, these terms will evolve too. We'll update the effective date when we make significant changes. The most current version will always be on this page.

12. The Part Where We Remember This Is a Dream

These terms exist because the internet requires them and because we want to be transparent and trustworthy with everyone who finds us. But we want to end with this: The Audacity is a deeply sincere, occasionally unhinged, entirely genuine attempt to dream a better world into existence. We are here because we believe amazing things are possible at every turn in life, and we hope that the right people might find inspiration here to bring their own beautiful dreams to life in the world.

If anything on this site ever feels off to you, please tell us. We'd rather know. You can reach us via Substack.