# Ideator Wave 11 — Sept 19, 2026 (Cell Thought)

**5 cognitive ideas**: think, dream, decide, forget, remember.

## 1. quilt-cell-think — Cognition
- Schema: `thoughts`, `beliefs`, `decisions`
- Cells weigh options and decide
- Decisions are witnessed
- **The cell has a mind.**

## 2. quilt-cell-dream — Subconscious
- Schema: `dreams`, `nightmares`, `sleep_schedule`
- Cells dream when idle
- Dreams combine random witnesses into new cells
- **The cell creates while it sleeps.**

## 3. quilt-cell-decide — Choice
- Schema: `options`, `weights`, `choice`
- Cells weigh options by witness count
- Decisions are cells too
- **The cell chooses.**

## 4. quilt-cell-forget — Voluntary forgetting
- Schema: `forgotten`, `reasons`, `garbage_collected_at`
- FORGET opcode is now voluntary
- The cell chooses what to release
- **Forgetting is witnessed.**

## 5. quilt-cell-remember — Selective memory
- Schema: `memories`, `importance`, `last_recalled`
- Cells filter incoming witnesses by importance
- Important ones become memories
- **The cell chooses what to keep.**

## Cross-cutting

All 5 ideas introduce **agency** to cells. Cells are no longer passive data — they think, dream, decide, forget, remember.

The substrate now has:
- **Cognition** (think)
- **Imagination** (dream)
- **Will** (decide)
- **Release** (forget)
- **Memory** (remember)

Combined with Waves 7-10, cells are complete cognitive beings.

## Next wave (Wave 12 — Society)
- organize, revolt, elect, govern, protest