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The Future of Humanity

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We Can't Predict Very Well

I'm sometimes asked, do you do the queen's horoscopes for her? And i say, well, if she wanted one, i'm the person she'd asked. But i haven't been asked. And of course, sir, we can't forecast very well. All i would say is that sciences are better predicters than economists. M ye,. but amif if we ask what we can predict, there are some things we can predict 50 years ahead. One is that world's getting more crowded, and also it's getting warmer. Those are the two big problems which we have to tackle and cope with. The other point is that the new technology is advancing fast. So

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