Quintin Pope on why AI-2027-style narrative forecasts are the wrong format
QuintinPope5 · x · 2026-09-09
Responding to a request for an AI-2027/2040-style predictive story, Quintin Pope argues such narratives are flawed: history isn't a story and resists that format even in retrospect — economists still debate what "really" caused the Great Depression and 2008. Better to point to fundamental drivers of expected trends.
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