In chaotic times, it helps to be able to predict the future so you can plan for it. A new Stanford study can help.

Picture this. It's the early 1970s, and futurists are sitting in wood-paneled offices predicting a world of flying cars, robot butlers, and meals in pill form. Most of those visions turned into ...

For centuries, humans looked to seers and astrologers to determine fate. Today, we look to algorithms, and the loss of agency ...

When people learn that I’m a futurist, they often assume my work involves precisely predicting what comes next, from election results and new technologies to market crashes and natural disasters. To ...

As the cryptocurrency market continues its unprecedented evolution, predicting the future of digital assets like XRP and Bitcoin becomes a topic of intense interest among investors, analysts, and ...

AI has been going through something of an adolescent phase. It seems each week brings new headline-grabbing breakthroughs that set users and businesses scrambling to adopt the technology and find ways ...

Three books unpack our infatuation with prediction, and what we lose when we outsource this task to machines. To be human is, fundamentally, to be a forecaster. Occasionally a pretty good one. Trying ...

Prediction markets—once a niche for political mavens and crypto enthusiasts—are gaining traction as platforms become regulated entities and gamified tools attract a broader audience. Unlike ...

While there was some talk of a potential beneficial agreement down the line, for now an expert panel's consensus on prediction markets is that the industry should protect itself through a unified ...