The following keywords were kept in mind as researchers compiling the Early ’90s predictions for this site conducted their searches and completed the process of mining information. The words were selected, through study of several hundred predictions, as likely precursors to a predictive statement. Keywords don’t accompany every prediction. As a general rule, though, one is likely to encounter one of these trigger words in the vicinity of most predictive statements.
The most common cue words are “will” and its derivations.
| Predict Predicts Predictor Prediction Expect Expectation Is expected |
Forecast Forecasts Forecaster Foresees Foresight Can’t be far away Beyond If |
Future Futurist Futuristic Won’t When Watch for 21st Century Poised |
Vision Visions Visionary Envision Envisions About to Implies Implications |
| Prophet Prophecy Prophecies Prophesize Precursor Trend Trends |
Look ahead Looking ahead Looking forward Forward-looking Leaping ahead Promise Peril |
Possible Possibility Potential Potentiality There will come Only a matter of time |
Project Projects Projection Long-range Long-term Is heading Reinventing |
| Should Should not Could Could not May May not Tomorrow |
Will Will not You’ll (or) I’ll Going to Not going to Isn’t going to be Next |
Sometime Someday Can Can’t I fear (or) My fear I don’t see Perhaps |
Probable Probably Prognostication Prognosticator Never Forever Emerging |
| Destiny Destined Predestined To be To come On the verge Soon Dream |
Recommend Recommends Recommendation Evolve Evolution Imagine Unimaginable Prospect Prospective |
Suggest Suggests Suggestion Suggestions It could mean Getting to the point About to be Is bound to Change |
Would Would not Might Might not Likely Unlikely Inevitable Inevitably Guess |