A more recent way to predict the future—both to head off threats and for economic gain—is to:
a. look back at past events, quantify them, and develop algorithms that analyze why they happened, using this information as a template for the future
b. survey a large number of people about things they want and the things they fear
c. send radio waves into space at a speed that causes them to return in “future time” with information about what’s to come
d. analyze huge amounts of information (Big Data) for patterns, trends and anomalies
d. analyze huge amounts of information (Big Data) for patterns, trends and anomalies
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