The Power & Privilege Index aggregates publicly available points-of-interest data related to wealth, political influence, and institutional power. These features are weighted and combined to produce a normalized score between 0 and 100.
Data is derived from open geographic datasets including OpenStreetMap and other public registries. No personally identifiable information is collected, stored, or displayed.
Each geographic cell aggregates the presence of selected features such as hedge funds, private equity firms, lobbying offices, and exclusive leisure facilities. These counts are multiplied by predefined weight factors and summed.
Scores are normalized using percentile-based scaling and inverted to produce an index from 0 (high concentration) to 100 (minimal concentration).
Any attempt to reduce complex human communities to numerical scores risks reinforcing harmful stereotypes. This project intentionally demonstrates how such systems can appear objective while embedding subjective judgments.
This site exists to encourage critical thinking about how data, algorithms, and visualizations influence public perception. It is not intended for decision-making, ranking, or exclusion.