Kardashev-Salmon Civilization Scale

Civilization has always been measurable. It rarely has been measured. Eight axes. One mirror that only moves in reverse. A debt counter that has never been green — and a map showing exactly what it would take to make it so. This is not a forecast. It is a diagnostic. You are here.

Civilizational Debt Score (CDS)

0.84

↑ rising

Has never been green in recorded history.

[AION derivation · next update: when new estimates derived]
UC
0.85
Uncertified
Circulation
UD
0.90
Unsealed
Decisions
UB
0.82
Unresolved
Bias
UM
0.78
Memory
Degradation
US
0.83
Structural
Inheritance

Component estimates [R-PRELIMINARY] — structural inference from known civilizational state.

Kardashev Score

K = 0.73

K = 1.0 at Type I

[IEA 2024 · next update: Nov 2026]
~3761 BCE · K=0.12026 · K=0.73~2099 CE · K=1.0

K = (log₁₀(P) − 6) / 10, P in watts · 18 TW = 18 × 10¹² W → K ≈ 0.73 [IEA]

AGI Threshold Progress

A-I-a Capability~0.35 [R-PRELIMINARY]
A-I-b Alignment~0.05 [R-PRELIMINARY]
A-I-c Constitutional~0.02 [R-PRELIMINARY]
⚠ WARNING — Gap: 0.30 (capability minus alignment). Safe sequence requires constitution before capability. Current sequence is inverted.

Millennial Clock

Millennial Clock: Hebrew Year 5786 of 7000 — approximately 7:50pm on the civilizational week. Late evening. The light is changing.
~7:50pm of the civilizational week
Hebrew Year 5786 of 7,000

Nuclear Warheads

~12,500
[SIPRI 2024 · next update: Jun 2026]

Atmospheric CO₂

~424 ppm
[NOAA · Mar 2026 · next update: Apr 2026]

Surface Temp Anomaly

+1.34°C
[NASA GISS · Feb 2026 · next update: Mar 2026]

Active Satellites

~8,400
[Celestrak · daily · fetching...]

STP Ledger Entries

11
[GitHub · on new entry]

ISS Position (live)

[fetching position...]

EEnergy~0.73
IInformation~0.52
SSovereignty~0.48
S.U Unification
0.12
MMemory~0.44
BSubstrate [LAGGING]~0.35
FFailure Posture~0.50
AAI Integration~0.35
DCivilizational Debt [MIRROR]0.84

The mirror axis. Bidirectional. Always visible. Has never been green.

All axis scores [R-PRELIMINARY] — structural inference. See Audit Log for methodology.