Joy Radar · Social Emotional Intelligence
The Nap Map
Social Emotional Learning as a leadership concept — mapped at the census tract and county level. Every neighborhood carries a Shame Currency (how much inequality suppresses awakening) and a Happiness Currency (how much care economy and narrative liberation activates it).
Shame Currency
Gini coefficient × institutional control narrative. High shame currency = community's emotional energy is spent managing inequality, not building.
Happiness Currency
Care economy density × liberation narrative × equality. High happiness currency = community has the infrastructure to rest, repair, and lead.
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The Framework
Social Emotional Learning
as Leadership Theory
In institutional settings, SEL is usually framed as something children need to manage their behavior. The Nap Map inverts this: SEL is what leadership requires. Leaders who cannot read the emotional terrain of a community cannot repair it.
Shame currency circulates when inequality is high and institutions suppress feedback. Communities sleep — not from rest but from exhaustion.
Happiness currency circulates when care infrastructure is visible, labor is recognized, and narrative frames liberation. Communities wake — and when they wake, they lead.
The Nap Map is a leadership diagnostic. Use the County view for a broader picture, or zoom into Tracts for neighborhood-level precision.