Forecasting

Convivial futures: views from a post-growth tomorrow

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What steps are needed to make life better and more convivial? The Second Convivialist Manifesto (2020) has presented a short diagnosis of the current crises and sketches of a possible and desirable future. It has been a necessary work of theoretical synthesis, but preserving a v…

How many people can the earth support?

by Cohen, Joel E.

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Past attempts to answer this question have ranged widelyfrom less than 1 billion to more than 1,000 billion - one sign that there is no single right answer. More than half of the estimates, however, fall within a much narrower range: between 4 billion and 16 billion. In any case…

The way we will be 50 years from today: 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visi…

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Sixty leading luminaries, including scientists, writers, artists, religious leaders, businesspeople, and politicians, offer their thoughts on what life will look like by the middle of the twenty-first century.

The way we will be 50 years from today: 60 of the world's greatest minds share their visi…

by Wallace, Mike

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Sixty leading luminaries, including scientists, writers, artists, religious leaders, businesspeople, and politicians, offer their thoughts on what life will look like by the middle of the twenty-first century.

Forecasting techniques for urban and regional planning

by Field, Brian G., MacGregor, Bryan D.

fromRoutledge library editions

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"Originally published in 1987, Forecasting Techniques for Urban and Regional Planning is an introduction to the various analytical techniques which have been developed and applied in urban and regional analysis in planning practice. The subjects covered are population, housing, …

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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"A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Googl…

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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"A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: It is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Googl…

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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A black swan is a highly improbable event with three principal characteristics: it is unpredictable; it carries a massive impact; and, after the fact, we concoct an explanation that makes it appear less random, and more predictable, than it was. The astonishing success of Google…

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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Examines the role of the unexpected, discussing why improbable events are not anticipated or understood properly, and how humans rationalize the black swan phenomenon to make it appear less random.

The black swan: the impact of the highly improbable

by Taleb, Nassim Nicholas

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The Black Swan is a standalone book in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's landmark Incerto series, an investigation of opacity, luck, uncertainty, probability, human error, risk, and decision-making in a world we don't understand. The other books in the series are Fooled by Randomness, Ant…