The Pulse
Where do AGP members stand?
Survey questions answered by verified members — every number is one real person, counted once. Answer the ones that catch your eye, skip the rest.
Our standard: no bots, no brigades, and a survey question stays open until its answers can be read fairly — we close one only when there's something reliable to say about where people stand.
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Do you believe most people are basically good?
The question this whole place is built on.
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How do you feel about AI right now?
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Do you use AI in your daily life?
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What worries you most about AI?
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What AI services do you use?
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Do you think AI poses an existential risk?
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Should members of Congress be allowed to trade individual stocks?
They vote on the industries they can invest in.
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Should a company be allowed to sell where your phone has been?
Location history is one of the most valuable things about you.
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Do the people in charge care what you think?
A plain question about being heard.
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Is it getting harder to talk to people who disagree with you?
Compared with a few years ago.
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Should everyone working a full week get paid time off when sick?
About a quarter of workers get none.
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Who should look after people when they get too old to manage?
Most families end up deciding this in a hurry.
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Would you rather your representative compromise to get something done, or hold the line?
Two ways to do the job.
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Who has more power over your daily life?
Pick the one you feel most.
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Would you be willing to pay more for a product sold or service provided by a Non-profit that supported a cause you are interested in?
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Would you be interested in serving in the US Congress or your state's Congress?
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We need a third party to change Congress.
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Would you rather: (A) work part-time, (B) full-time with job security and benefits, or (C) start a business (risk but potential for large reward)
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Do you approve or disapprove of the Supreme Court's performance in the last six months?
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Cooking for people you love is:
The kitchen question.
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Do you agree that we need Campaign Finance Reform to stop big money from controlling the government?
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Rewatching a favorite vs. something new:
Comfort or discovery — pick a side.
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Phones at the dinner table:
The modern etiquette question.
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A four-day workweek would make most people:
No wrong answers. Employers may disagree.
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Where does your best thinking happen?
The shower lobby has been very confident about this.
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Small talk:
The elevator awaits your verdict.
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The book or the movie?
Be honest.
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When does your brain actually work?
Everyone has a window. When's yours?
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Pineapple on pizza: settle it.
The internet's oldest war. One tap.
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Does money buy happiness?
The oldest argument at the dinner table.
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Are people meaner online than in person?
Same species, different room.
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Reclining your airplane seat:
Row 23 is watching.
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A free one-way trip to Mars — do you go?
One way. Think about it.
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Which is worse: 30 minutes early or 5 minutes late?
Punctuality people, assemble.
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What should verified humans build together first?
Your answer steers real AGP projects.
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Do you believe there should be ballot propositions that give voters a say on specific issues in every election?
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Should a comedian be able to joke about any topic, no exceptions?
Laughter and offense often share a seat.
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Should restaurants stop giving out plastic straws unless asked?
A tiny habit, a surprisingly big fight.
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Should a city be allowed to limit how tall a new building can be?
Someone's view, someone else's apartment.
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Should a store be allowed to ban someone for life after one theft?
One bad afternoon, a permanent sentence.
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Should bikes and cars share the same lane, or stay fully separated?
Paint on the road is cheap; concrete barriers are not.
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Should a worker be allowed to wear a religious symbol on the job, in any role?
A small piece of jewelry can carry a whole identity.
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Should you bring up your dating app profile to a partner once you're exclusive?
Deleting it quietly and announcing it out loud send very different signals.
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Should a company be allowed to require employees to attend faith-based events?
Culture and belief tend to blur right at the edge of the workday.
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Should it be illegal to leave a dog in a parked car on a hot day, no exceptions?
Five minutes feels harmless until it isn't.
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Should restaurants be required to label dishes that contain lab-grown meat?
New food, old instinct: people want to know what's on the plate.
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Should an anonymous tip that turns out false carry any consequence for the tipster?
Anonymity protects whistleblowers and also protects people who are just wrong.
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Should a neighborhood be allowed to block a new homeless shelter from opening nearby?
Everyone wants shelters to exist; nobody wants to be the test case.
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Should a country be allowed to block another country's high-emission goods at the border?
One nation's climate rule becomes another nation's trade fight.
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Should an anonymous account be banned for repeated insults, even if nothing is false?
Nothing illegal was said, and somebody still got hurt.
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Should it be legal to breed dogs for looks that cause health problems?
The flat face is the point, and also the problem.
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Should a dating app tell you if your match has been reported before?
Safety and privacy both have a case here.
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Should a homeowners association be able to fine you for an unmowed lawn?
A patch of grass can turn neighbors into rivals.
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Should a shoplifting arrest be public record forever?
A minor theft can follow someone for decades online.
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Does a phone in the bedroom ruin sleep?
Simple experiment, surprisingly divisive.
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Should schools teach how to do your own taxes?
Everyone needs it; nobody agrees who should teach it.
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Should self-checkout replace cashiers?
Faster for some, a lost job for someone else.
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Should old photos stay on a phone forever, or get cleared out?
Storage is cheap; scrolling is not.
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Should companies be required to publish pay ranges in job ads?
Everybody wants the number; not everybody wants to print it.
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Is small talk with strangers worth it?
Some people's favorite part of the day; some people's dread.
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Should AI-written articles have to say so?
A label costs nothing, unless it costs a click.
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Is it rude to answer a work message on vacation?
Rude to whom is the whole question.
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Can online reviews be trusted?
Stars are everywhere; nobody knows who wrote them.
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Should kids have phones in school?
Parents, teachers and kids rarely agree here.
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Is a four-day work week a good idea?
Fewer days, same pay — or fewer days, less done?
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Should landlords have to say why they turned an applicant down?
A small rule with big feelings on both sides.
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Is it better to read the news first thing or leave it until later?
Everyone has a rhythm for this.
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Should employers be allowed to check social media before hiring?
Public posts, private decisions.
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Is it fair that an 18-year-old can enlist but not buy a beer?
One age for one thing, another age for another.
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Is it rude to ask someone about their salary at work?
Wages are negotiated in silence. Transparency could change that.
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Should you tell someone you're sleeping with that you're also dating others?
Honesty is one conversation. Not having it is another.
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Is it okay to serve takeout food on a plate you made yourself?
Nobody knows once it's plated. But somebody might find the container.
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Should schools let parents keep kids home for family reasons without counting it as absent?
Family time matters. So does keeping a consistent classroom.
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Should there be a maximum rent increase in a single year?
Limits protect tenants. They also slow new housing construction.
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Should an AI be allowed to write a cover letter and submit it for you without saying so?
The application moves faster. The hiring team has no idea it's not you.
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Should it be illegal to declaw a cat for convenience?
It's the cat's natural weapon. It's also destructive furniture damage.
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Should over-the-counter cold medicine have warnings about addiction?
People misuse it. But heavy labels might scare off people who need it.
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Is it okay to serve homemade food at a party when you bought some of it?
Guests came for the meal, not to audit your kitchen.
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Should schools teach kids to type, or is handwriting still worth it?
Keyboards are faster. Handwriting might train the brain differently.
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Should you quit a job you're good at if the commute has burned you out?
You're winning at work. The drive is killing you anyway.
What should we ask next?
Suggest a question for a future pulse — something everyday people would want the honest answer to.