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Predictions are meant to be claims about the future that come true. Even when they don't come true, which is usually the case, predictions allow for action. How individuals or entities<div>make predictions varies. Some might systematically observe and document a phenomenon in order to more accurately anticipate possible outcomes, others might simply feel it out based on prior experiences, narratives or momentums that they’ve been compelled by. Predictions can be attempted on any number of topics, such as election outcomes, markets, music tastes, climate disasters, etc. Often predictions are made using measurements and statistics, and increasingly, with large datasets. With the advent of computing, and the emotional investments we’ve made in statistics, there’s a sense that with more data points we’re better able to</div><div>predict “the future” through technology (like AI), and usually on a more personalized granular level, as promised with genomics. With more capital put into prediction technologies of all kinds, there’s also more surveillance and control over society, and more relinquishing attention, desire, and health, to the calculating machines.</div><div><br></div><div>Predictions is a short series in which we ask critical thinkers to play with the form of the prediction. For Vol. 3 of Predictions, we’re looking for texts that focus on prediction markets, betting and gambling, surveillance pricing, and other aspects of capitalism, technofeudalism and fascism</div>

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Predictions, Vol III