Principles page design

Reader job​

A person deciding where to spend finite life, attention, trust, or resources must be able to name first principles: what is valuable, why it matters, who should benefit, what must not be traded away, and how reality will qualify the claim qualitatively and quantitatively.

Narrative and composition​

Move through one argument: indiscriminate importance creates no guidance; metrics are signals rather than value; virtues, tangible value, and intangible value form the mix; trade-offs reveal actual weighting; qualification returns from the world; one value trace makes the judgment usable.

The first viewport contains the tension, the inside-out / outside-in pair, and the action. Use an editorial sequence, not a catalogue or equal-card dashboard. Use dividers and typography for the three value kinds, reserve the dark field for the five-question compass, and use the shared copyable instrument for the one practical action.

Priorities is the primary onward route. Process Value categories must never duplicate this upstream system.

Protected constraints and proof​

Value judgment, beneficiaries, trade-offs, consent, dignity, safety, and stop authority remain human-owned. At 320, 375, 768, and 1440px require no horizontal overflow, body text at least 16px, labels at least 12px, 44px targets, and meaning independent of colour.