Saffo says sweet FA

http://www.saffo.com/journal/entry.php?id=830 [Published: 02-Nov-07 | Permalink | Category: Science seen]
Paul Saffo, futurist (forecaster but not predictor), is hostage to a sense of dread but has no specifics:

"…In short, change is clustering at the schizophrenic extremes. And as a forecaster, I know that when change clusters at the extremes, it is a powerful indicator that much more fundamental change lies ahead. Listen carefully and one can hear the doppler whistle of something approaching"

He's a fine person and has said many clever things. But this doomhinting is something you can say several times and then crow about it that one time something does tip shortly after. This is too Nostradamian - Saffo is better than this.

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