Future Shock Simulator
Move the policy and technology levers and watch the global cognitive-capital trajectory and inequality recompute live. A sandbox for reasoning about counterfactuals.
Levers
AI adoption pace0
SlowerFaster
Regulatory intensity0
LightStrict
Compute affordability0
CostlyCheap
Open-source share0
ClosedOpen
Education investment0
LowHigh
Redistribution / UBI0
NoneStrong
Global mean CC · 2040
68.0
from 47.7 today
Inequality (Gini) · 2040
0.198
from 0.231 today
Population-weighted mean CC, 2026→2040
Separation · top 10% ÷ bottom 50% · 2040
2.2×
from 2.6× today
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These are model outputs and scenarios, not forecasts of actual outcomes. This platform measures access to, utilization of, and leverage from cognitive infrastructure — not intelligence. No causality or certainty is claimed.