original publish date: 4th January, 2010

decades on …

While tempered by age, I still have a degree of ambivalence towards most forecasting endeavours, but I do love the idea of bringing a crystal ball to the meeting as a not-so-subtle reminder that we’re (usually) not as scientific as we pretend to be.

Also, the first splash of colour in the comic. Woot.

transcript

FTE #1: I don’t think you’re taking this forecasting workshop seriously.
FTE #2: Your abstract framework and obfuscated algorithms suggest neither are you.
Caption: Forecasting. More an arcane ritual than we care to admit.