Flourishing Metrics:
The Future of Value

Why Flourishing Matters

Traditional economies are built on GDP — a blunt tool that measures activity, not outcomes. It values illness care over health, incarceration over rehabilitation, and transactions over transformation.

Flourishing metrics offer a new way forward: One that values wellbeing, purpose, trust, connection, mobility, safety, and sovereignty — the true indicators of a thriving society.

In the Last 1 Ecosystem, flourishing isn’t a buzzword. It’s a measurable outcome. And it's the future of how capital is aligned, deployed, and grown.

What We Measure

We’re building toward a standardized, interoperable measurement model across domains:

Health & Wellbeing

Physical health markers
Mental health resilience
Addiction recovery & prevention
Sleep, movement, nutrition patterns

Social Trust & Connection

Relational health (e.g., MATR data)
Trust in institutions
Community belonging
Peer network strength (measured via check-in and comms behavior)

Safety & Autonomy

Housing security
Personal safety (including DV/IPV metrics)
Legal and justice system trust
Digital sovereignty (control over personal data)

Purpose & Agency

Mission alignment & meaning
Career clarity
Volunteerism & contribution
Post-traumatic growth (for veterans & trauma-impacted individuals)

Economic Mobility

Income stability and growth
Access to employment or education
Entrepreneurship and ownership

Real World Application

Short-Term (0–18 months):

Providers and funders receive dashboards showing real-time flourishing trends
Veterans track progress across personalized pathways
Coalition partners adopt shared outcome language and improve coordination

Mid-Term (2–5 years):

Flourishing Scores integrated into funding formulas, replacing or augmenting outdated metrics
Smart contracts adjust support based on wellbeing signals
Ecosystem-wide benchmarking reveals what actually drives positive change

Long-Term (5+ years):

Flourishing becomes a core economic indicator in public and private sectors
Capital markets create new financial instruments based on wellbeing outcomes (e.g., flourishing bonds)
Governments, employers, and health systems adopt these standards for equitable, human-first infrastructure

Cost & ROI: A Systems Investment

Near-Term Costs:

Platform R&D and data model development
Field testing with providers, veterans, and orgs
Coalition and governance infrastructure

Near-Term Returns:

Actionable insights for funders
Improved program effectiveness
Risk reduction for vulnerable populations

Long-Term ROI:

Reduced public health & incarceration costs
Improved labor participation and retention
Higher trust → lower transaction costs → faster coordination
Unlocking a flourishing-centered economy: insurance, employment, education, and investing

Upstream Value:

Accelerates policy innovation
Builds trust between sectors
Lays groundwork for post-GDP economic systems

Downstream Value:

Lower suicide rates
Higher life satisfaction
Resilient, purpose-driven communities
National security & workforce development

Why Investors Should Care

This is not about charity. It’s about unlocking new value classes:

Outcomes-as-assets
Trust as currency
Interoperability as leverage
Purpose as predictive intelligence

Investing in flourishing metrics means being ahead of a structural shift:

From extractive to regenerative models
From lagging indicators to real-time intelligence
From disconnected sectors to integrated ecosystems

Last 1 is positioned to be the first platform to make flourishing metrics operational at scale.

Flourishing Metrics: The Future of Value