Critique of IBM Apollo Study Report – 1 Oct 1963 – Eldon Hall

by R. Passov Eldon Hall spent the first seven years of his life climbing hills alongside Oregon’s Snake River, trailed by a faithful Shepard dog. He and his father “…went fishing in the mountains…” and “… slept outdoors while his mother, safely residing at home, worried about the poisonous snakes that might bite [them.]” In…

Forecasting Futures

by R. Passov “In … economics we are faced with … a need for accurate forecasts, yet our ability to predict the future has been found wanting” —Systems Economics: D. Orrell and P. McSharry, International Journal of Forecasting, Vol 25 (2009) *          *          *          * The Stanford Encyclopedia of the Philosophy of Economics (2018) stabs…