In quest for utopia, Auroville adopts app that it hopes will lead to a society without money The community emphasies collective ownership of resources and sustainable living. Will its new aura virtual currency help it achieve its goals? Auroville residents with badges explaining what they will offer in exchange for the virtual currency. | Marco Saroldi In 2015, South Korean professor Jaeweon Cho hit upon a plan to revolutionise economics by commodifying human excreta. Powders derived from poop, he suggested, could act as fertilisers and biofuel, supplying food to microorganisms. This was the basis of his dream of fSM or Fecal Standard Money, which would create a modern society not based on traditional money.