“Predictions are preposterous.”–Jackie Mason
“The Best way to predict the future is to invent it.”–Alan Kay
“I don’t try to describe the future; I try to prevent it.”–Ray Bradbury
Most predictions are indeed preposterous. So why would I become a futurist in my old age? The object is not to predict the future, but it could be to invent it (per Alan Kay) or prevent it (per Ray Bradbury). At any rate, as futile as it may seem, I predict that the next stage of my life will be highly focused on the future (as I said in a previous post, 65 is the new 45 and I need a renewed direction in life.). I also predict that my next post will create a new feature–called Seeking Delphi–and with it a second blog. And a very plausible scenario also includes a podcast. You can predict some things, though what I ultimately will do is not usually one of them. Stay tuned….
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The Millennium Conjectures™ 
Cosmic Quote #58
Non Sequitur by Miley
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I’d bet that if physicists could raise money the way televangelists do, they wouldn’t use it to build themselves mansions and buy themselves private jets. Well, OK, maybe if the mansion was on Mars and the private jet could fly them there with a lab full of experiments. Moral: be careful what you believe in, you might have to pay for it.
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