Predicting Social Phenomena

Janice Barafakas: We have technofutulism, which I find a fascinating idea. When you look at Britain, Greece, when you're thinking about the world, is it good or bad? Oh, I'm not going to answer that. You know why it's an ideological rejection of the question. Because our predictions feed into our emotions and therefore into our actions. This is an infinite regress. So we have a duty not to predict and do that which is right. And let me explain that if you are a materialist, your job is to predict. That's what your job isto predict the bloody weather. But when it comes to predicting social phenomena,