Research

Research library

15 chart-backed evidence modules for human agency, family formation, markets, civic life, and AI.

Scan by evidence module

Each module has the chart, a short interpretation, methodology, local data files, and limitations.

Abundance

Human Flourishing and Technological Abundance

A baseline reminder: technological progress has dramatically improved material life.

1 charts / 1 data files
Formation

Fruit of the Spirit Technology Scorecard

A moral-formation layer asking what kind of people our tools help us become.

4 charts / 2 data files
AI

Logistic vs. Exponential Growth

Past technology waves usually plateaued. AI may widen the gap before institutions catch up.

1 charts / 1 data files
AI

Institutional Gap: Logistic vs. Exponential

Why past institutions eventually caught up to technology, and why an exponential wave changes the gap.

1 charts / 1 data files
Attention

Leisure vs. Recommender Screen Time

The attention question is not just how much screen time exists, but who chooses what appears.

2 charts / 2 data files
Family

Formative Influence on Children

Children are shaped by families, schools, peers, churches, media, and now algorithmic systems.

1 charts / 4 data files
Family

Teen Depression and Anxiety

A separate mental-health signal that deserves careful, non-panicked attention.

1 charts / 2 data files
AI

Frontier AI Capability

A capability cluster for frontier AI IQ-equivalent, compute, and autonomous task duration.

3 charts / 5 data files
AI

Human vs. Machine IQ Distribution

A distribution view of human intelligence and machine capability across time.

3 charts / 4 data files
Markets

Technology Share of U.S. Equity Markets

Tech market concentration, with revenue and valuation context kept beside it.

3 charts / 2 data files
Markets

Tech Buybacks

Capital return behavior: buybacks relative to net income and R&D.

2 charts / 2 data files
Markets

Hyperscaler AI Capex

The infrastructure spending surge behind the intelligence economy.

1 charts / 1 data files
Markets

U.S. Equity Market by Technology Era

A market-cap view of which technology era explains value over time.

1 charts / 1 data files
Markets

Energy Output by kWh

A compact way to show how energy, computation, and productive output compound.

1 charts / 1 data files
Civic

Civic and Spiritual Formation

Humility, prayer, fasting, and public practices of restraint as civic infrastructure.

3 charts / 4 data files