Looking two times the distance back to forecast the future

“Hunt for Bin Laden: Experts Agree: Al Quaeda leader is Dead or Alive”. CNN’s reportage that carried this strapline was, though apparently amusing, a completely accurate forecast. What forecasters mustn’t do is try to eliminate the uncertaintly from our futures. Paul Saffo, from the Institute of the Future, shares some of his secrets and insights from his main job: forecasting the future. The Information Revolution is over. This is the Media Revolution Everything in the knowledge and informa
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