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Belief
Score
vs Last Wk
01
02
Better Is Possible
LEADING
20.0
0.0
02
03
Future Literacy
16.0
-4.0
03
08
Progress Is Iterative
16.0
+2.7
04
09
Confidence Compounds
16.0
+12.7
05
04
Realism Plus Imagination
12.0
-4.7
06
05
Creativity Builds Culture
8.0
-8.7
07
06
Optimism Is Tribal
4.0
+0.7
08
07
Signal over Noise
4.0
+4.0
09
10
The Future Is Unwritten
4.0
-2.7
10
01
Optimism Is a Skill
LAGGING
0.0
0.0
Belief 02 (Better Is Possible) leads this week with a score of 20.0, unchanged 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-W23 | 2026-W24 | 2026-W25 | 2026-W26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02 Better Is Possible | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 |
| 03 Future Literacy | 20.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 16.0 |
| 08 Progress Is Iterative | 20.0 | 6.7 | 13.3 | 16.0 |