Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes

Warnings is the story of the future of national security, threatening technologies, the U.S. economy, and possibly the fate of civilization.



In Greek mythology Cassandra foresaw calamities, but was cursed by the gods to be ignored. Modern-day Cassandras clearly predicted the disasters of Katrina, Fukushima, the Great Recession, the rise of ISIS, and many more. Like the mythological Cassandra, they were ignored. There are others right now warning of impending disasters, but how do we know whi...