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Belief
Score
vs Last Wk
01
02
Better Is Possible
LEADING
20.0
+10.2
02
03
Future Literacy
20.0
-4.4
03
04
Realism Plus Imagination
20.0
+15.1
04
05
Creativity Builds Culture
20.0
+10.2
05
08
Progress Is Iterative
20.0
+7.8
06
01
Optimism Is a Skill
0.0
-7.3
07
06
Optimism Is Tribal
0.0
-2.4
08
07
Signal over Noise
0.0
-22.0
09
09
Confidence Compounds
0.0
-4.9
10
10
The Future Is Unwritten
LAGGING
0.0
-2.4
Belief 02 (Better Is Possible) leads this week with a score of 20.0, up 10.2 points from last week, driven by continued UK media focus on AI infrastructure, technology literacy, and the professional divide between those reasoning about what comes next and those anchored to the present. Belief 10 (The Future Is Unwritten) sits at the foot of the index with 0.0 points: the media cycle rarely gives space to the slower, longer-view dimensions of optimism.
| Belief | 2026-W22 | 2026-W23 | 2026-W24 | 2026-W25 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Better Is Possible | 13.2 | 10.0 | 12.8 | 9.8 |
| 03 Future Literacy | 26.3 | 20.0 | 30.8 | 24.4 |
| 04 Realism Plus Imagination | 5.3 | 7.5 | 5.1 | 4.9 |