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Stop predicting the future (and go back to work)

Opinion: Historical examples of end-of-work rhetoric have never been fulfilled.

Fri, 09 Mar 2018

If there is one lesson from our species’ past, it is that we are not very good at thinking about the future. This is irrespective of our personal inclination toward optimism or pessimism. It has little to with our political leanings. And it is independent of upbringing and education.

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