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Just looking to compile a list of past black swans and potential future black swans. Definition: an unpredictable or unforeseen event, typically one with extreme consequences.

Try some strengths tests like: https://www.gallupstrengthscenter.com/Purchase/ sounds cheesy but these are sometimes very insightful. It likely will not tell you anything new, usua…

Dark Clouds; internet becomes more vulnerable as 80% of all data now hosted in 20% of the world's data centers.

We're keeping a rolling list of headline predictions, for a reason yet unknown. Future Headlines as of 03/10/13: 1. Wyoming Joins Texas as Second State to Issue Own Currency In Wak…

I'm on CCTV all day, but my insurance company and employer don't use a mosaic from that data in quoting rates or doing background checks. Glass or anything similar, can change all …

buckets of opportunity to move into the boring but more lucrative space of pooling group pension plan, life insurance and healthcare costs to synthetically provide "big corporate" …

Bar Sign Prediction: No Under 21 and No Glasses

I heard the reverse of this question a week ago at a lunch. Starting to think that in a lot of cases, this might be a symptom of other issues (communication etc), because it sounds…

Excel is still used because it has High Operating Range with a Low Barrier to Entry. Someone can learn how to do simple tasks in 5 minutes, while advanced users can write macros. Y…

There would be no way to quantify it....it would be qualitative questions I guess...e.g "Most interesting books you've read" or "what different projects are you working on"

Higher curiosity seems to imply broader interests and broader interests seem to imply broader imagination.. "Imagination is more important than knowledge" - Albert E.

"a thermostat in one of its corporate apartments and a printer in its offices — were still communicating with computers in China" This is the dark side of the "internet of everythi…