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ABOUT MICHAEL CRICHTON BOOKS & MOVIES SPEECHES ESSAYS VIDEO FOR YOUNGER READERS MESSAGE BOARD PRESS HOME SPEECHES Print This Page | Email This Page International Leadership Forum La Jolla, California April 26, 2002 In recent years, media has increasingly turned away from reporting what has happened to focus on speculation about what may happen in the future. Paying attention to modern media is thus a waste of time. My topic for today is the prevalence of speculation in media. What does it mean? Why has it become so ubiquitous? Should we do something about it? If so, what should we do? And why? Should we care at all? Isn't speculation valuable? Isn't it natural? I will join this speculative bandwagon and speculate about why there is so much speculation. In keeping with the trend, I will try express my views without any factual support, simply providing you with a series of bald assertions. This is not my natural style, and it's going to be a challenge for me,

International Leadership Forum La Jolla, California April 26, 2002 In recent years, media has increasingly turned away from reporting what has happened to focus on speculation about what may happen in the future. Paying attention to modern media is thus a waste of time. My topic for today is the prevalence of speculation in media. What does it mean? Why has it become so ubiquitous? Should we do something about it? If so, what should we do? And why? Should we care at all? Isn't speculation valuable? Isn't it natural? I will join this speculative bandwagon and speculate about why there is…

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