Prism · Resources & Geopolitics USGS · 2000–2024 GLOBAL COPPER PRODUCTION 2000–2024 Chile still leads. The DRC has surged 12×. China buys 70% of Peru's output and controls 70% of DRC mines. The copper supply chain is the physical foundation of the energy transition — and China has positioned

Prism · Travel & Consumer Rights Business Traveller · Condé Nast Traveler · Simple Flying AIRLINES WITH THE MOST LEGROOM Over the past 50 years, the average economy seat pitch has shrunk from 35 to 30 inches. Japan Airlines and ANA offer 34 inches — still less than the average economy seat of 1975.

Prism · DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau ACS · SmartAsset · 2025 WHERE BABIES ARE BORN Utah projects 9.7 births per 1,000 people in 2025 — the highest rate in the United States, driven by the youngest median age of any state and the pronounced family-formation culture of its LDS population. North Dakota

Prism · Labour & EconomicsEurostat · OECD · 2024 EUROPE'S SALARY DIVIDE Luxembourg pays €83,000 average full-time salary. Bulgaria pays €15,400. The 5.4× gap between the highest and lowest average salary in Europe is not a curiosity — it is the defining labour market fact of a continent that

Prism · Commodities & MarketsMacrotrends · Kitco · Amortization.org · 2026 SILVER'S FOUR GREAT RALLIES Silver has staged four extraordinary price rallies since 1965, each with a different cause but a consistent result: violent upside followed by brutal reversal. The 1979–1980 Hunt Brothers corner (+543%, peak $50.36) held the

Prism · Innovation & ScienceWIPO · Constant 2015 USD PPP · 2024 THE GLOBAL R&D RACE In 2024, China overtook the United States as the world's largest R&D spender — $786B vs. $782B — after China's spending grew 8.7% while American spending fell 0.2%. Global

Prism · Trade & EconomicsWorld Bank · IMF · CBC · 2024 THE IMPORT MAP Hong Kong imports goods and services equivalent to 178% of its GDP — more than any country on earth. Sudan imports 1%. The United States, the world's largest economy, imports just 14% of GDP — one of the lowest

Prism · Politics & SocietyGallup · Annual Average · 2025 THE INDEPENDENT GENERATION 56% of Gen Z identifies as independent. 54% of Millennials. Both younger generations have majority-independent identification for the first time in modern American polling history — a structural shift in partisan attachment that defies simple left/right framing. The oldest Americans

Prism · Executive CompensationSEC Filings · January 2025 THE PRICE OF AN HOUR AT THE TOP Tesla CFO Vaibhav Taneja earned $48,767 per hour — $35,000 more per hour than Alphabet's CFO in second place. Amy Hood at Microsoft earned $10,308/h. The CFO of Alphabet nearly $13,

Prism · Trade & Small StatesWorld Bank · 2024 THE WORLD'S MOST IMPORT- DEPENDENT Nearly 90% of the top 30 most import-dependent economies have populations under 10 million. Small states, island nations, and trading hubs dominate this list not because of policy failure but because of geography and economic model.

Prism · Energy & Power Infrastructure Top Countries by Electricity Generation China now generates 10.1 terawatt-hours of electricity annually — more than double the United States. Over a decade in which U.S. generation grew 6%, China's grew 74%. The gap is no longer closing — it is widening. 10.

Prism · DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau · April 2020 – July 2025 AMERICA ON THE MOVE 2020–2025 Idaho grew 10.4% — the fastest of any state. The South gained 7.6 million residents, more than all other regions combined. West Virginia lost −1.5% — tied with Hawaii for the steepest decline. The

Prism · Wealth & InequalityUBS/PwC Billionaires Database · 2025 THE WORLD'S BILLIONAIRE GEOGRAPHY The United States has 924 billionaires — more than China (470) and India (188) combined. Their cumulative wealth is $6.9 trillion. Elon Musk alone ($726B) holds more wealth than the combined GDP of many mid-sized nations.

Prism · Aviation & IndustryAirbus · Boeing · 2025 THE 2025 ORDER BOOK Qatar Airways ordered 161 aircraft — the largest single disclosed airline order of 2025. Alaska Airlines ordered 117. VietJet 120. The aircraft order book is a multi-hundred-billion-dollar ledger of confidence in air travel's future, denominated in units of narrowbodies

Prism · Trade & GeopoliticsGeneral Administration of Customs, China · 2025 CHINA'S $1.19 TRILLION China's total trade surplus reached $1.19 trillion in 2025 — one of the largest on record. The United States accounts for $280 billion of that surplus. India $116 billion. Vietnam $100 billion. The

Prism · Global EconomyIMF World Economic Outlook · October 2025 THE WORLD ECONOMY REORDERED In 1980, China ranked 7th with a $304 billion economy. In 2025 it ranks 2nd with $19.4 trillion — a 64× expansion. Japan fell from #2 to #4. Argentina and Iran disappeared from the top 20. South Korea,

Prism · Earth ScienceEarth Impact Database · Wikipedia · 2025 SCARS ON THE EARTH FOREVER Chicxulub ended the age of dinosaurs. Vredefort is 2.02 billion years old and still the largest confirmed impact structure on Earth. Popigai's impact diamonds are found nowhere else. The 12 biggest craters in Earth'