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The Next Fifty Years of Tech - Dr Victoria Baines

Gresham College Lectures

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Exploring Predictions of Future Technologies through a Strategic Betting Game

This chapter explores a strategic betting game where players wager large sums on the future occurrences predicted by Rand Corporation futurists by 1986, encompassing various advances like personality-altering drugs, household robots, and laser technology. The game features unconventional elements like dice rolls, wild card news events, and a mix of strategic thinking and imaginative foresight reminiscent of science fiction.

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