It has always seemed to me that 'predicting' the future is useless from an actionable perspective. Even if you were able to give me a perfect prediction of the

It has always seemed to me that 'predicting' the future is useless from an actionable perspective. Even if you were able to give me a perfect prediction of the future, I don't need that. I need to model how my actions to take advantage of that future will change the outcome from what you predicted. Most smart people can predict future trends, the value is knowing the right methodology to interact with that data to take meaningful action. I see nothing here that relates to that.