Values

Four operating values. These are the lenses we use when making decisions.

Let Beauty Lead

Beauty is the highest frequency in the universe.

If you try to create with the goal of money, or power, your focus will not produce the most beautiful creation. It is those who create beautiful things who contribute the most to humanity, and it is those who are truly honored. Our incentive system will recognize this type of value creation and reward those who create beauty.

In Fun City, beauty is not decorative — it is diagnostic. If a system, a product, or a process is beautiful, it is usually well-aligned. If it's ugly, something is off underneath.

Fun, or Not At All

Nothing is worth doing if it isn't fun. The key purpose of life is to enjoy it.

This value sometimes shocks people because it sounds frivolous. It isn't. It is a hard test. If a project, a relationship, or a role isn't fun, it has either lost its purpose or never had one. We don't push through joyless work for the sake of effort.

Fun is also how culture spreads. A city that is fun to live in becomes a city people protect, return to, and grow inside.

Vision Driven Co-Creation

When multiple people share a vision, the energy eventually reaches a critical mass at which the vision is manifested. The more people who share the vision and dedicate energy toward it, the faster it becomes a reality.

This is why we obsess over articulating the vision well. Vague vision = scattered energy. Sharp vision = collective momentum. The library you're reading exists because of this value: it gives every contributor and citizen a shared map.

Fairness

Without fairness, any system can be manipulated. And if the system is manipulated, people will no longer want to participate or believe in it. In order to maintain the sustainability of our community, all resources, decisions, and processes must be distributed fairly across the members.

Fairness is what makes trust scalable. Personal trust ends at your circle. Systemic fairness scales to a city, a country, a planet.