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20 times the smartest people in the room predicted the future and got it completely wrong

Colleen Cabili
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The article examines 20 instances where prominent experts and world leaders made confident predictions that ultimately proved incorrect. It suggests that studying these failures provides valuable insight into the nature of forecasting.

These were confident, considered predictions by experts and world leaders — which is exactly what makes them worth studying

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