Snapshot status
The original snapshot is supplemented by targeted, dated source updates. Source endpoints are listed below. A daily review is scheduled to check and publish verified newer observations.
Where do the facts come from?
A source tells you who reported a number. Its date tells you when it was measured. Older numbers do not become live just because this page updates.
Current data
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Snapshot age: 45 days. Individual indicators may refer to earlier periods.
Refresh schedule
Daily source review
Latest completed check: 2026-11-06. Latest published data refresh: 2026-11-06.
Newer comparable observations are checked against original sources before publication. A daily check does not mean every source publishes daily. Unavailable sources retain their last known values and original dates. Editorial milestones and scores change only when supported by evidence and the documented method.
Daily-adjusted score
See the calculation, sources and daily history ↗. Daily recalculation can leave the score unchanged when no comparable evidence changes.
Latest review coverage
Daily-v1 source review: EIA Brent and WTI spot observations; OPEC annual worldwide crude reserves and production; IRENA capacity; IEA minerals; IMO, OCHA and UN monitoring; FDA biologics and drug-approval records; EMA PRAC material; Google Research health listings; selected ClinicalTrials.gov and Nature medical records. Weekly contextual review remains dated 2026-11-02. Detailed coverage: ops/reviews/2026-11-06-daily-refresh.md.
Selected, incomplete coverage rather than exhaustive global conflict, research, safety or resource surveillance. IRENA direct retrieval returned 403, so its dated value and 3 November successful-review date were retained. Selected ClinicalTrials.gov Parkinson’s and inflammatory-bowel-disease records exposed no newly posted qualifying result. FDA’s 5 November head-and-neck-cancer approval is a new indication for a previously approved drug and is not credited as the first approval of a new therapeutic mechanism. Google’s wearable hypertension work is exploratory screening research, not a standalone diagnosis or approved device. Slower Humanity, nature, satellite, debt, IMF and medical records retain their completed 2 November review. Browser inspection follows publication; the full automated verification suite is recorded in the dated review log.
Updated EIA Brent spot from $91.84 to $97.96 and WTI context from $91.73 to $94.05 for the 5 November close; recalculated the separate daily-v1 score with the frozen method. Reverified OPEC annual worldwide crude reserves and production and the IEA copper scenario; retained the dated IRENA value after a 403 retrieval failure. Updated selected geopolitical and research coverage without adding, duplicating or reversing an event, and preserved the long-term scores, original design, Learning, Humanity and all later additions.
Human dimensions · reviewed 2026-11-02
12 contextual measures cover meaning, spirituality, arts, architecture, heritage, learning and community. Ten have reported readings; two link to measurement sources without a verified aggregate. Their observation dates and geographic coverage are shown individually. They do not enter the existing scores.
Medical research · reviewed 2026-11-02
Selected disease and gene-therapy updates show study stage, measured outcomes, safety and source dates. Medical research tracker ↗
IMF Annual Report 2026
Reviewed 2026-11-02. Fiscal, AI, trade and digital-finance findings are contextual evidence, with original source links and explicit model limits. Read the research brief ↗
Release notes
- 23 Sep 2026 · Action paths & revised model
Added action paths, a What-if simulator and the broader Money & Capital track. The model now includes 40 dependencies and terminal-value bonuses. Updated values: Cooperative 48.4, Galactic 24.9, Civilization 33.8; Progress Scale 1.39.
These changes reflect a revision to the model and supplied indicators, not a measured day-to-day gain in civilization.
- 23 Sep 2026 · Three yardsticks
Added the Galactic Index (23.1), Civilization Index (31.8), societal forecasting, cross-tab comparisons and the combined technology checklist. Data remains the 22 Sep snapshot.
- 22 Sep 2026 · First release
Progress Scale, nine tracks, dependencies, sources and methodology.
The release figures above document changes in the model. No continuous time series is supplied, so they are not plotted as historical progress.
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| Source | Access | Measures | Endpoint |
|---|---|---|---|
| Our World in Data — energy | CSV, no key | Kardashev K, primary energy | Open source ↗ |
| Launch Library 2 | JSON, no key (15 req/hr) | Launch counts, humans in space | Open source ↗ |
| DefiLlama stablecoins | JSON, no key | Stablecoin supply | Open source ↗ |
| rwa.xyz | JSON, free key | Tokenized RWA, Treasuries, stablecoins | Open source ↗ |
| Federal Register API | JSON, no key | GENIUS Act rule status | Open source ↗ |
| congress.gov API | JSON, free key | Market-structure bill stage | Open source ↗ |
| FSB peer reviews | PDF, manual | Jurisdictions with finalised frameworks | Open source ↗ |
| CoinGecko /global | JSON, no key | Crypto market cap (context) | Open source ↗ |
| World Bank indicators | JSON, no key | Poverty, literacy, life expectancy | Open source ↗ |
| UCDP API | JSON, no key | Armed conflicts | Open source ↗ |
| Epoch AI data | CSV, no key | Training compute, benchmarks | Open source ↗ |
| ClinicalTrials.gov v2 | JSON, no key | Active cancer trials | Open source ↗ |
| Ember electricity | JSON, free key | Clean electricity share | Open source ↗ |
| Metaculus | JSON, free token | AGI forecast dates | Open source ↗ |
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