It’s the beginning of a year, and it’s that time you hear all sorts from futurists, prospectivists, and foresight practitioners. The Good Book tells us of the 5-fold Ministries of Apostles, Prophets, ...

In college, I had a friend who majored in meteorology. If jibed about his chosen profession, he would respond, “It’s the only profession where you are actually predicting the future.” He wasn’t quite ...

From New Statesman, on predictions: "Futurologists are almost always wrong. Indeed, Clive James invented a word – 'Hermie' – to denote an inaccurate prediction by a futurologist. This was an ironic ...