What would count as progress
Field evidence that a status mechanism tied to what gifts achieve changes giving behavior at scale.
Why it matters
Humanity’s Checklist proposes directing status toward generosity. Whether that would increase giving or improve its results is a hypothesis to test. See the Prestige Economy.
Where to start
Humanity’s Checklist proposes charity designer goods, where the coolest thing you can wear shows how much you gave. Testing that proposal, and others like Charitology’s shareable Wrapped card, is a concrete first experiment.