If society had a scorecard, what would be on it?

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1. Democracy. Measured as "Odds for winning candidate/party 6 months before voting date, averaged over last 4 electoral cycles", higher the better. Democracy = elections with unpredictable results. This metric creates some questionable cases (Iraq will be a democracy and Japan won't), but it's still good enough.

2. Per capita GDP growth rate, averaged over ~10 year economic cycle.

3. Per capita GDP itself. Log scale.

4. Protection of private property rights. Measured as ratio of private net worth to GDP (if rights are not protected, businesses aren't worth much even if they make a lot of money because people know they can be taken away and that's priced in).

The extent to which the society is focused upon assuring every member of society has an equal say in how society functions.

1. The standard of living for the bottom 5% of society in terms of basic needs (food, water, shelter, and health) 2. Equality. The distance between the bottom and top in terms of economic and political power. Not just votes, but absolute power including if lobbying is allowed. 3. Hours of work per capita required to maintain current standard of living

Tough to limit to just 5, but I would consider something like the following:

1) Some measure of wealth (beyond GDP)

2) An equality quotient (considering both wealth and power)

3) Hours of work per capita

4) Reported happiness

5) Healthspan / Lifespan / Crime / Safety rates