Observed arrival · 2026-10-05
How Close Are We? puts humanity’s goals on a clock
An interactive tracker maps 136 human ambitions—from cures to fusion—to a 24-hour clock, with midnight marking each goal’s stated finish line.
- For
- Readers tracking scientific and social progress
- Worth noticing
- Its seven-step evidence ladder runs from “just an idea” to “it’s here,” and allows a clock to move backward when results fail to hold up.
Field notes
The page divides its 136 entries between “tech bets” and “pressing problems,” with a different kind of endpoint for each; partial real-world use does not automatically count as arrival. Its evidence ladder runs from “just an idea” through lab work, prototypes, human testing, and limited use to “it’s here”; the site says checks can move a clock backward when a result is withdrawn or fails to repeat. The homepage also says each item is revisited about once a week.
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