I sifted through the TED talks for nearly a week looking for someone who saw the future as an entity that is NOT to be embraced passively, but as a destiny that might be engineered into existence. Dr. Bruce Bueno de Mesquita is a professor at NYU whose predictions have been proven more 90% correct by the CIA. In summary:
Game theory can be used to predict future events.
Pay attention to all the players influencing an outcome.
There are approximately 120 thought leaders influencing each of Obama’s decisions, for instance.
Note that people tend to look out for themselves, as a function of their choices, values, and beliefs.
If you can predict what will happen, then you can engineer the future.
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