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For every good prediction about the future, there are countless bad ones. (lemmy.world)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 21 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

1982 was the year the video game market crashed in an endless sea of dog shit shovelware, she had a point.

[โ€“] dustyData 5 points 3 weeks ago

She made the common blunder of making long term hyperbolic predictions based on short term trends and immediate events.