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And this is one way to do technology forecasting; get a sense of where technology is, and then anticipate the next upturn.

We really can't forecast all that well, and yet we pretend that we can, but we really can't.

Never forget this simple truism: Forecasting is marketing, plain and simple.

The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Economic forecasting has actually got pretty good over the years, though admittedly, we don't always get it right.

Future forecasting is all about testing strategies - it's like a wind tunnel.

The best way to predict the future is to study the past, or prognosticate.

It is almost possible to predict one or two days in advance, within a rather broad range of probability, what the weather is going to be; it is even thought that it will not be impossible to publish daily forecasts, which would be very useful to soci.