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Human Nature

The Unpredictable Variable in Engineering the Future

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We like to be in control and often do our best trying to predict everything from economic trajectories, suitability for jobs, or what next year’s fashion will be. Forecasting what is to be, however, is complicated and, if involving Homo Sapiens, it often falls short because we only tend to acknowledge, in part, how our own species functions.

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Persson, R.S. (2016). Human Nature. In: Ambrose, D., Sternberg, R.J. (eds) Giftedness and Talent in the 21st Century. Advances in Creativity and Giftedness, vol 10. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-503-6_4

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