Latest issue · August 21, 2026
The Abundance Index, Issue 10: The Wait Gets Shorter
This week's gains came less from new discoveries than from institutions closing the gap between having a solution and using it.
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Progress, tracked without the hype fog.
My Substack is a recurring, evidence-based scan of the places where human capability is quietly improving: medicine, energy, AI, robotics, infrastructure, agriculture, and scientific discovery.
What it is
A progress scan with receipts and caveats.
Abundance does not usually arrive as one grand announcement. Most weeks it looks like cost curves bending, discovery getting cheaper, tools reaching more people, and useful infrastructure becoming easier to build or maintain.
Measurable
Evidence over vibes.
Each issue looks for concrete signals: approvals, trials, deployments, cost shifts, published research, and credible operating progress.
Optimistic
Progress without pretending.
The point is not cheerleading. It is finding where the world is getting better while keeping the bottlenecks visible.
Practical
Why it matters to real life.
The best signals connect back to human capability: better health, cheaper energy, resilient food, useful AI, safer work, and broader access.
Recent issues
A few pieces from the run so far.
Issue 006 · July 23, 2026
The Cost of Discovery Is Falling
A scan across AI-assisted drug discovery, longevity trials, antibiotic resilience, advanced nuclear, local AI, robotics, and scientific memory.
Drug discovery
Clean firm power
Local AI
78/100
Issue 005 · July 16, 2026
Access Moves Closer to Home
A progress scan on home-administered Alzheimer's treatment access, grid resilience, robotics, precision medicine, and disaster recovery planning.
Healthcare access
Grid portfolio
Robotics
77/100
Issue 004 · July 9, 2026
Maintenance Becomes Momentum
A look at progress that hides inside enabling systems: clinical operations, agricultural training, energy infrastructure, AI access, and digital finance.
Enabling progress
Agriculture
Energy
74/100
Issue 003 · July 3, 2026
Progress Compounds. Abundance Expands.
A broader scan of scientific, medical, energy, and education signals that show how progress compounds through infrastructure rather than spectacle.
Medical abundance
Battery recycling
Education mapping
86/100