01 July 2008

Web of fate, a collective prediction network

Via Deepak (FriendFeed), I've learnt about an amazing "social experiment", Collective prediction network,  to visualize and uncover hidden relationships among future and historical events. Users are invited to leave predictions of future events, while an encompassing network-like visualizations allows the identification of patterns "by connecting the past, present and  future".

The beautiful and dynamic image of the network can be seen here (Web of fate). Predictions range from "I will go to the gym every day" to "oil at $200" to "Oprah will be Democratic VP". There is an interactive calendar at the site, so you can see what was being predicted when.

1 Jul 2008 19:53:20 | Web/Tech

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Nigel Beale

Dear Maxine,

Thought you and your readers might be interested in listening to this interview conducted recently with best selling crime fiction writer Harlan Coben

http://nigelbeale.com/?p=989

Best,

Nigel.

Posted by: Nigel Beale | 02 July 2008 at 05:47

maxine

Thank you, Nigel. Your podcast had not gone unnoticed! In fact it is bookmarked in my "google reader shared items" until I have time to listen to it, wherupon I plan to post about it, as I'm rather partial to Mr Coban's books. Thanks for dropping by, much appreciated.

Posted by: maxine | 02 July 2008 at 18:30

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