The Minutes

Signals

One question, one cohort, plotted over time. Press play and watch the room move — then click anyone and read the sentence that moved them.

Demonstration Every quote, date, source and timestamp is real and from the Minutes corpus. Of the 71 position and conviction readings on this page, 71 assigned by hand. 13 more quotes are shown with no reading at all, because they take no position on the question.

The room

Size = how hard they said it Dimmed = has not spoken on this yet Black line = cohort median

What this does not claim

  • The readings are hand-assigned. Position and conviction are illustrative. The quotes, dates, outlets and timestamps underneath them are real and checkable.
  • Nothing here predicts an outcome. It shows when views moved and in what order. Whether moving early was being right is a separate question this does not answer.
  • First is first among this cohort. Somebody outside it may have said it earlier.
  • No one is scored. There is no ranking of people, no accuracy record, no leaderboard.