Values
13 May 2026
So I made a web app to figure out my values. I took a list from some website and ranked it.
After 210 pairwise comparisons, the top of my list is
- Family
- Health
- Making a difference
- Kindness
- Fun
- Truth
- Learning
- Love
- Financial Stability
- Usefulness
Getting rid of family and health since they don’t relate to what I want to do
- Making a difference
- Kindness
- Fun
- Truth
- Learning
- Love
- Financial Stability
- Usefulness
- Safety
- Collaboration
Cutting to 5.
- Making a difference
- Kindness
- Fun
- Truth
- Learning
Summary: I want to have fun, learning the truths of the world to make a difference while spreading kindness.
Will my values change in the future, maybe? At least I have more information than when I started.
Some interesting things I encountered
What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? And competence for that matter? I asked, google and the AI answer gave (knowledge - what, wisdom - why, competence - how) and that totally makes sense. I thought I valued knowledge, but I considered that book smarts. I would take wisdom over knowledge.
“Being the best” ranked low, so it turns out I don’t really want to become a Pokemon master.
Honesty vs Integrity, turns out integrity matters more to me than honesty, that was suprising. Choosing that made me feel like a dishonest person, but this is why pairwise comparison is important.