Prediction

The Most Dangerous Predictions About the Next Decade (And Why They’re Wrong)

📅 August 16, 2026 📂 Tech Industry

In 2010, Douglas Coupland’s ‘Radical Pessimist’s Guide to the Next 10 Years’ went viral with dark predictions. Looking back, it got a lot wrong—and more importantly, it shaped our collective anxiety. This article argues that such pessimistic guides are more dangerous than the future itself, because they blind us to human adaptability and the unpredictable emergence of hope. The real lesson: the act of predicting pessimistically can become a self-fulfilling narrative that defines a generation’s identity.

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The 1965 Paper That Foretold Our AI Nightmare — And the Man Who Wrote It

📅 August 3, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

In 1965, WWII codebreaker Jack Good predicted the AI singularity with terrifying accuracy. His paper described exactly how machines would surpass human intelligence, yet it was ignored for decades. Now, as AI panic grips the world, we’re only catching up to a 60-year-old prophecy. The modern AI boom is not new—it’s a delayed echo of cryptographic thinking from Bletchley Park.

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Your Model Is Better Than the Bookies. So Why Are You Still Losing?

📅 July 24, 2026 📂 AI & Machine Learning

A football predictor that outperforms the bookies’ implied probability still loses money. The reason? Bookies set odds to balance risk, not to reflect true outcomes. The vig and market dynamics mean better accuracy isn’t enough — you need to overcome the built-in tax that turns technical victories into financial losses.

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