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I can't remember the details, and can't find it in google, but ... in my possibly faulty memory the FDR administration produced a similar report in the 1930s on
by Area12 11y ago
I can't remember the details, and can't find it in google, but ... in my possibly faulty memory the FDR administration produced a similar report in the 1930s on the future of the USA. They missed five keys future game-changing events that unfolded not long after:
1. The rise of the superhighway and the importance of personal long-distance travel and trucking
2. The rise of cheap air travel and shipment
3. Nuclear weapons and energy, and the impact of nuclear weapons on geopolitics
And two others I can't remember. Probably at least one of those was WWII.
My point is that producing reports of even near-future trends is HARD. It is very likely multiple game-changing events will not be foreseen.