Quantifying the Sacred: Integrating Spirituality Into a Rational Universal Value Index
Quantifying the Sacred: Integrating Spirituality Into a Rational Universal Value Index TL;DR? Check out the podcast version: In a world grappling with fragmented ideologies and narrow measures of progress, the Universal Value Index (UVI) emerges as a proposal for a more holistic metric of human advancement. Traditional indicators like GDP have long been critiqued for what they omit. Over 50 years ago, Robert F. Kennedy observed that GDP “measures everything… except that which makes life worthwhile ,” highlighting the need to look beyond purely economic growth . Since then, numerous efforts – from the Human Development Index to the World Happiness Report – have attempted to broaden our definition of progress to include well-being, social support, and other qualitative factors . The UVI builds on this trend but ventures further: it aims to integrate not only social, environmental, and psychological welfare, but the moral and spiritual dimensions of human life into ...