Bad predictions are natural

The tendency expressed below applies to most professions.

http://web.archive.org/web/19980610100009/http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue55/economics.html

The positive view is that population growth may not really be a problem - it is instead an opportunity.

http://web.archive.org/web/19980610100252/http://www.redherring.com/mag/issue55/econoclast.html

U.S. Drilling Boom Leaves Some Homeowners in a Big Hole

http://wallstreetpit.com/101926-u-s-drilling-boom-leaves-some-homeowners-in-a-big-hole/

The Obama Era of Government Downsizing - Instead of Manufacturing Useful Products America makes Guns of Rather Doubtful Utility

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/13/opinion/krugman-the-biggest-losers.html?_r=0

By cracking cellphone code, NSA has ability to decode private conversations - The Washington Post

We all probably guessed this, but it's important for experts to state it. NSA has effectively killed the www Internet of people. What will happen with the Internet of things? 

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/by-cracking-cellphone-code-nsa-has-capacity-for-decoding-private-conversations/2013/12/13/e119b598-612f-11e3-bf45-61f69f54fc5f_story.html?wpisrc=al_national