Something older, something deeper — a slow sense that, for all we've gained, something essential has slipped away: real time, real attention, real human connection.
Most of us were sold an idea of how life is meant to look — a shape for work, success, money, relationships, and belonging that was handed down to us.
Around our dinner tables a conversation is building, a growing sense that things could be different: that work might fit a life rather than consume it, that money and power might sit in different hands, that relationships and community could be built better, and that the fragmented, disconnected systems that we live in cannot hold us.
We earn more than ever before — yet we have higher rates of debt, credit and poverty than a generation ago.
We spend over two hours a day on social platforms, and report feeling lonelier than any generation before us.
We take in more information in a day than our grandparents did in months — and feel more anxious and less certain for it.
We produce and achieve more than ever, yet around two-thirds of workers feel disengaged from the work they do.
We have more choice than any generation in history — and report record levels of anxiety and loneliness.
We pour billions into self-improvement, and still around 60% of young adults report a lack of meaning or direction.
We're working hard to build honest, transparent pricing into every area of Common — recognizing and fairly compensating those we work alongside, and offering full transparency to our community.
We publish what every product costs to run. Venue, facilitators, operations, and the share that goes to our Foundation and our organisers.
No tiers, no early-bird offers, no upgrades. One price, the same for everyone. Anything beyond it is optional — a contribution to our organisers or a donation to the Foundation.
Foundation-funded places are available on many of our products. We don't means-test, but we do take applications.