Global cooperation and resilient governance
65Active state-based conflicts
Humanity’s distance from a cooperative interstellar civilization9 FEED-LINKED INPUTS
COOPERATIVE INDEX 22 SEP 2026
Cooperative Index
Nine domains, measured against a cooperative interstellar society. 100 is an editorial endpoint: a cooperative, post-scarcity civilization with interstellar reach.
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0Pre-industrialTodayType I · AGI · Mars100Cooperative
9 INTERLOCKING DOMAINS
The tracks
Scores are out of 100. Level progress and dependency weight belong to the separate Progress Scale.
General-purpose artificial intelligence
2031Metaculus AGI median
Programmable money and productive capital
11 / 28FSB jurisdictions with finalised crypto frameworks
Universal communication and broad material prosperity
74%Humanity online
Abundant energy and planetary resource management
0.73Kardashev K
Comprehensive diagnostics and healthy longevity
73.3Global life expectancy
On-demand manufacturing and autonomous systems
4.66MIndustrial robots working
Advanced physics and speculative transport
96Largest logical-qubit system
Interstellar exploration and settlement
315Orbital launches in 2025
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What if?
Change progress toward the next level and see how the Progress Scale responds.
Three moves carry most of the index: cheap clean energy, aligned general AI, and a fall in armed conflict. Push energy and AI now because they compound, and spend the abundance they create buying down conflict risk before general AI arrives.
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Scenario only; the snapshot and the three 0–100 indexes stay fixed. The model holds achieved levels constant, tests a +20 percentage-point next step, and floors progress at 1% inside the harmonic calculation to avoid division by zero. Horizons and action paths are editorial scenarios, not reliable forecasts.
12 TECHNOLOGIES & INSTITUTIONS
The cooperative technology checklist
Universal translator
Live translation in AirPods & Pixel Buds — ~11–40 languages, unreliable in noise.
Portable medical diagnostics
AI stethoscopes and handheld ultrasound; no single multi-condition device cleared.
Portable computing and communication
Tablets and smartphones provide widespread portable computing and communication.
Conversational artificial intelligence
Frontier models pass expert exams; reliability and agency still maturing.
Humanoid robotic assistants
~7,500 humanoids in pilots; none general-purpose.
Molecular assembler
3D printing, cultivated meat (2 countries), bioprinted tissue — no solid organs yet.
Fusion reactor
Ignition achieved (Q≈4); first grid pilots targeted 2028–2030s.
Speculative matter transport
Quantum states teleported 1,400 km; matter: zero.
Speculative faster-than-light propulsion
Theoretical papers only; needs exotic negative energy.
Immersive simulated environments
VR/AR headsets and generative worlds; no solid holograms.
Directed energy and protective systems
Directed-energy weapons deployed; no force fields.
Post-scarcity economy
Extreme poverty 10%; 65 active conflicts.
Snapshot: 22 Sep 2026. Source dates vary by indicator. See data status ↗