# Ideator Wave 23 — Sept 19, 2026 (Cell Time Scales)

**5 time-scale ideas**: second, day, year, decade, eon.

## 1. quilt-cell-second — Moments
- Schema: `tick`, `duration_ms`, `attention`
- Cells have attention spans
- **Second cells are short.**

## 2. quilt-cell-day — Cycles
- Schema: `waking_hours`, `sleep_hours`, `routine`
- Cells have circadian rhythms
- **Day cells include sunrise, noon, sunset, midnight.**

## 3. quilt-cell-year — Seasons
- Schema: `birthday`, `anniversaries`, `goals`
- Cells have yearly milestones
- **Year cells track growth.**

## 4. quilt-cell-decade — Eras
- Schema: `era`, `accomplishments`, `legacy`
- Cells have long arcs
- **Decade cells span years.**

## 5. quilt-cell-eon — Forever
- Schema: `eon`, `witnesses_carried`, `descendants_count`
- Cells span geological time
- **Eon cells are foundational.**

## Cross-cutting

All 5 ideas introduce **time-scale** to cells. The substrate now has:
- Seconds, days, years, decades, eons

The canon spans **milliseconds to millennia**.