Values Commons is an evolving backend for decentralized personalization and customization of digital, civic tools like other nodes of the Futurism Institute. Bentley Moon, who makes it
Rank everyday choices by what you care about.
Say how much ten things matter to you, such as the planet, fair pay, privacy and price. Conscious Consuming, the app on this site, ranks real options by them. It covers 179 everyday decisions so far, from banks to bread, and every fact shows where it came from.
No account, no ads, no tracking. Nobody can pay to rank higher, and you can challenge any fact. How to check, and why it matters for security.
Behind this is the sky over your part of the world right now, computed in your browser from the clock.
What reads your values
What you set is saved as a small file on your own device, with no name in it. Each of these tools reads the same file, so you set it once.
- Conscious ConsumingliveProducts and services, ranked on sourced facts.
- KosplorademoWhat to read, watch or try next on a question.
- Where to MessagedemoWhich messenger to use.
- Group valuesAdds up several people's files and shows where they split.
- Shared planTurns a group's values into what to use and what to move away from.
Two other tools in the family pass their own files: the Socratic Hearth writes positions on a question, and the Work Party records what a group agreed. They do not read the values file yet.
Read before you choose
141 guides on where the impact of a purchase really sits, such as banking, food and phones, each with its sources.
Build your own tool
The values file and the facts follow an open standard. The builders' kit has every format, the scoring engine as one file, all the data and a checker.
See the rest of the family
Values Commons is one project of the Futurism Institute. The list at the bottom of this page names the others.