2 month ago
philgyford : Rule Forty Two - " Welcome to the Future - Scroll some way through for evaluations of how futurists' predictions turned out. (Although the futurists I know never called them "predictions" because we know they're never 100% correct.) (via Boing Boing)
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17 month ago
Linkorama : Six Rules for Effective Forecasting - Prediction is possible only in a world in which events are preordained and no amount of action in the present can influence future outcomes. That world is the stuff of myth and superstition. The one we inhabit is quite different—little is certain, nothi
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19 month ago
adamrg : Is Justin Timberlake a Product of Cumulative Advantage? - (via Photomatt)
deusx : Justin Timberlake - Culture - Hollywood - Idea Lab - New York Times - "we should treat both the predictions and the explanations we are served — whether about the next hit single, the next great company or even the next war — with the skepticism they deserve."
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47 month ago
jkottke : Some predictions for 2005 from David Galbraith
plasticbag : David Galbraith's predictions for 2005 - Most interesting one: "Googlets - People cash out and leave Google, creating a startup frenzy in SF"
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