Bold Predictions

See yourself in a positive light. Envision your future self, six months to a year and consider how great you'll look and feel.

• During 9/11, it was predicted that the event will permanently alter our sense of irony. In reality, 9/11 caused massive changes in air travel norms.

• At the time of the 2009 financial crisis, Time Magazine declared that conspicuous consumption is now over. In...

Chaos theory tells us it's impossible to predict the future. We can't see the black swan events or unexpected technology, but we can do a Monte Carlo analysis and see the major pathways.

Reasons people get the future so wrong:

1. They dedicate about five minutes to looking a...