Urgency hook — counts down dollars, not time, to $40T. The pre/post toggle shows the page before and after the Button closes.
01 / The $40T Button
The Button Closes
At $40 Trillion
To go until $40,000,000,000,000
$138,795,882
+$92,000 / sec · ~25 min at this pace — the pace shifts. Nobody knows the second.
The Button
Has Closed
Locked at the crossing
$40,000,000,000,000
The Button has closed. The debt keeps going.
Explain the one-press mechanic in four short rules. Scarcity and irreversibility are what make it shareable.
02 / The Rules
Rules of the Button
1
You may press once. Ever.
2
Pressing freezes your number — the clock never stops.
3
The closer to $40T you press, the rarer your color.
4
At $40 trillion, the Button closes for good.
The centerpiece interaction: one irreversible press freezes your number. The tier ladder shows how rarity is distributed.
03 / The Button
One Press. Ever.
1,089,114 pressed · 11% still holding · closes at $40T
2,816,402 pressed · 184,210 were still holding at the close
Personal keepsake — the frozen reading becomes a shareable stamp, and after the close, a claimable certificate.
04 / Your Frozen Moment
The Clock Didn’t Stop.
Yours Did.
The Wall of Frozen Moments
Frozen at
$39,999,861,204,118
$138,795,882 short of the line · Gold — final stretch · Press #1,089,115
Dare live until the crossing: friends can still out-dare your proximity.
Claim your freeze certificate — your reading, your distance, your color. Printable.
Convert the emotional press into a civic action: a message to your senator about the fiscal path.
05 / Act
Make Your Press Count
One press couldn’t stop the clock. One message to your representatives says the fiscal path matters.
Standard PGPF footer chrome — brand block, link columns, and legal line. Closes every deck.
Peter G. Peterson
Foundation