Can we measure human progress by how well we choose ideas?

The authors propose measuring human progress through how well individuals and societies generate, evaluate, prioritize, and implement ideas that actually improve future outcomes. They introduce the Ideometric Index of Human Progress (IIHP), a framework combining idea quality, evaluation accuracy, prioritization efficiency, and implementation effectiveness. The shift from measuring outcomes (wealth, technology) to measuring the decision-making process itself could reshape how economists and historians understand civilizational progress and decline.