Futurology

Amidst the constant evolution of human culture, the presence of stories has remained a consistent and integral part of both society and its folk groups. Often passed verbally through the generations, stories act as an indication of the beliefs and concerns of the people, reinforcing their position and role in their communities. I investigated the transmission and belief of prediction stories in Polish families, where they are called przepowiednie. In this essay, I will discuss whether knowledge of these stories was affected by age, gender, or place of origin. Since women show a prevalence of predictive games, such as MASH, in early adolescence and childhood, I predicted that more stories would be known and believed by women. Furthermore, since I have never heard of any przepowiednie in Canada, I also predicted that individuals born in Poland would know and believe in the stories more than their Canadian counterparts, especially people born in villages versus cities. Villages tend to hold onto older customs, whether folktales or the layout of a house, more strongly than people in cities. I did not think that many stories would be told in Canada. Individuals who were 30 and older were more likely to have been born in Poland and raised with the stories, and so I hypothesized that they would believe in them more than younger people. Prediction stories are found worldwide, and their prevalence in the Polish culture signifies the peoples need for expression. As with all folk…

In the past decades, technology has drastically altered our lives, from the way we work to how we communicate to how we fight wars. These technologies have not been without controversy, and many have sparked intense political debates with government intervention always being questioned. Innovation and technology have always brought improved stability and efficiency, however, in past decades the debate on technology safety has become a growing concern as new technologies make their way into…

From the earliest times, there has been an interest to know what the future might bring. Anticipating the future is considered as a useful way to align and improve current strategies and this interest has been reflected in future studies, strategic planning, scenario thinking and planning, foresight, and futurology. There are many examples for previous foresight research at the industry level. Harty et al. (2007) provided a good review of thirteen future studies focusing on the construction…

Forecasting GDP Now that we know the timely indicators to help us predict the GDP. We can look into forecasting the GDP and how it is done using the BMC. If we go back to the WEC and take a look at the relevance of each indicator. Here we can see that indicators like PMI which we discussed are highly recommended for investors to look at. Along with the survey column to see what analyst have forecasted for this specific indicator. If we take a look at PMI for example we can right click on the…

Background Star Alliance has approximately 250,000 questionnaires that have been collected from Alliance carriers. To put the value of this data in perspective, many life-saving drugs on sale today with a value in the billions of dollars, have been analyzed with less than 1/10th or less of data that Star Alliance has available. Although many predictive analysis and modeling techniques have been available for decades, the time and resources to internally plot all of the potential relationships…

First and foremost, I want to clarify that a paradox has two separate meanings. Firstly, a paradox can be a statement that is seemingly contradictory or opposed to common sense and yet is perhaps true; and secondly, it is something, such as a situation, that is made up of two opposite things and that seems impossible but is true or possible. Both definitions, although close to each other are much different upon closer look. I argue that the gray zone is more in line with the second definition…

I am reading _The Talk-Funny Girl__ by _(author) Roland Merullo and I am on page Roland Merullo ___. So far this book is about a girl who is living with her parents who are sadistic. The church she goes to is actually somewhat of a colt. The pastor is a sadist and somehow gets the church parents to believe in his lie . In this journal I will be Predicting and Evaluating Name of Strategy - Evaluation G – I will be evaluating Margie Y – Kept to herself R – She is scared to tell anyone what…

The war between the Seven Kingdoms seems to only be getting worse. Beyond The Wall, the free people are preparing for war, and with them is Jon Snow. His leader told him to do as they say, which resulted in him being killed by Jon. In Riverrun, Catelyn has released her son, King Robb’s, hostage in hopes to get her daughters back from Cersei and Joffrey. These events, and many more are causing Chaos in Westeros. In this journal, I will be predicting, questioning, and connecting. First of all, I…

I have been in the healthcare arena for more than fifteen years and our text defined, forecasting as “analyzing past revenue and/or cost trends and behavior as well as gather permanent information from sources throughout an organization about any changes in operations and production” (Edinburgh 2011). Health forecasting is very similar, it evaluates or predicts the future in health science conditions. This information is needed to provide aid in facilitating preventive medicine as well as…

I found this quote interesting as it plants the seed that whites don’t view Indians as their equals in this plot. This is the first time that Junior acknowledges that there is still a race issue. Presenting the idea that racism is even a problem in modern times. Personally, I think the dentist is not very intelligent. As he could get into a great deal of trouble if the authorities found out about his highly misinformed views. I predict that racism will be a big factor in this plot. This…