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Belief
Score
vs Last Wk
01
02
Better Is Possible
LEADING
22.5
+9.3
02
04
Realism Plus Imagination
20.0
+14.7
03
03
Future Literacy
15.0
-13.9
04
08
Progress Is Iterative
15.0
+4.5
05
06
Optimism Is Tribal
7.5
+7.5
06
09
Confidence Compounds
7.5
+4.9
07
05
Creativity Builds Culture
5.0
-2.9
08
07
Signal over Noise
5.0
-16.1
09
10
The Future Is Unwritten
2.5
-0.1
10
01
Optimism Is a Skill
LAGGING
0.0
-7.9
Belief 02 (Better Is Possible) leads this week with a score of 22.5, up 9.3 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 01 (Optimism Is a Skill) 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-W24 | 2026-W25 | 2026-W31 | 2026-W32 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Better Is Possible | 12.8 | 9.8 | 13.2 | 22.5 |
| 04 Realism Plus Imagination | 5.1 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 20.0 |
| 03 Future Literacy | 30.8 | 24.4 | 28.9 | 15.0 |