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As astrologers and tea-leaf readers know well, there is little as enthralling as being able to foretell, or peer into, the future. We all want to live in a stable, predictable, and orderly world. To know “what is coming down the line” is deeply attractive as well as reassuring.
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Furnham, A. (2005). Choosing a futurologist. In: The People Business. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230510098_13
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