“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
“The unfolding time for the end of globalization or a worldwide deflation is much longer, certainly measured in years, if not decades.” IfsYearsEndsDecadesGlobalizationUnfoldingDeflation Author:John L. Casti
“If you ask which of the scenarios I think is most dangerous, though, I will give a different answer. In that form of the question, I regard a nuclear attack, terrorist-generated or otherwise, as the most threatening combination of likelihood and long-term damage to modern life today.” IfsThinkingGivingLongDifferentTodayFormAsksTermAnswersModernDangerousRegardNuclearTerroristCombinationLong TermDamageThreateningModern LifeScenariosLikelihood Author:John L. Casti
