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Question #5·16 August 2026·revealed

In 50 years, will the world be a better or worse place?

313 people answered on 16 August 2026. 53% said Better.

Better53%
Worse47%

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313
votes on this question
10
published country breakdowns
35%
of 239 predictors called the winner
15.7
avg split-guess miss, points

By country

BetterWorse
🇺🇸 USA 126
5743
🇬🇧 UK 39
4456
Everywhere else 89
4753

By age

BetterWorse
18 to 24 33
7030
25 to 34 92
4753
35 to 44 51
4555
Everywhere else 24
5446

By profession

BetterWorse
Software & IT 70
5446
Everywhere else 114
5050
Biggest gap: 18 to 24 put the winning answer at 69.7%, against 53% of all participants.

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Self-selected online poll, no accounts: one vote per browser per day, capped per network address to limit repeat voting. Country derived at the network edge; age and profession self-reported from fixed lists. Buckets under 25 votes fold into "Everywhere else"; buckets under 5 are never published. Not weighted, not representative of any population.