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After more than a year of writing, editing, and design, I am proud to announce the publication of my latest book entitled How to Predict the Future...and WIN!!!

Ever since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the number of armed conflicts around the world has been steadily declining, and continues to do so. Is warfare really part of human nature or will it vanish in the future because circumstances allow it? Author Matt Ridley and Phil Bowermaster elaborate.

Politicians are locked in an epic battle of economic ideas. If they can’t come to a consensus on the fiscal budget, the government faces a shutdown of indeterminate length.

These budget negotiations are not a game. Or are they? Regardless, game theorists will attempt to analyze them.

As someone who’s spent her entire career and the majority of her life at THE FUTURIST, I smile when I think of myself as the “new” editor. So let me first thank Edward Cornish, our Founding Editor, for his mentorship and for having confidence in me.

This three-part series on South by Southwest Interactive 2011 concludes with a look at some award-winning Web sites, a core conversation on education, and a panel discussion on crowdsourcing in politics.

Venture Challenge is an international MBA business plan competition held annually in March in San Diego. For more than 20 years it has showcased next generation companies. This competition gives graduate students from around the world the opportunity to seek investment in their business ideas.

Last week , I attended a Less Wrong meetup. For those who don’t know what Less Wrong is, they define themselves as a “community blog dedicated to refining the art of human rationality.”

According to the invitation, attendees were required to “Come prepared to reveal something you’re consistently irrational about.” Initially, I wasn’t hooked. However, like a song that you can’t get out of your head, my mind kept coming back to the topic .

Part two in this three-part series looks at a few more highlights from South by Southwest Interactive 2011.

Ignite SXSW: 2021 Vision of the Future

The neuropsychologists are studying the ability of remembering the past, present, and imagining the future, i.e. “Chronesthesia”. Their tangible results may affect our decisions in life, yet there are questions over practical aspects of Chronesthesia.

Communities used to meet in town squares to buy, sell and swap goods. For a while, that model all but disappeared, but thanks to a host of new social networks and other web platforms, people can now trade, swap, rent or barter goods, skills, services or expertise with considerable ease.