“I do not believe that there is any person, method, or tool that can consistently and reliably predict specific human events, X- or otherwise.” BelieveHumansPersonsEventsToolsMethodConsistently Author:John L. Casti
“I believe is that we can forecast the "changing landscape of context," and thus get insight into when we are entering the danger zone of an X-event.” BelieveI BelieveEventsDangerInsightLandscapeZoneEnteringForecastsOf Context Author:John L. Casti
“If the group has a negative social mood, believing that tomorrow will be worse than today, the bias goes in the opposite direction. Instead of "welcoming" we have "rejecting," instead of "global" we tend to see events that are "local" and so forth.” IfsBelieveTodaySocialGroupsEventsTomorrowNegativeOppositesMoodLocalsWelcomeBiasRejecting Author:John L. Casti