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Could Scientists Predict the Next Political Crisis?

Thanks to modern science and technology, we can predict what the weather will be like in 5 days, but it’s still a bit more challenging to predict what will happen to us and our societies.

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Harnessing the wisdom of the crowd to forecast


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