Why and how should I publish on Predict?

Dear Writer,

(please see our Start Here page for a quick introduction to Predict and a way to start exploring our content)

Now is the time to launch an open publication dedicated to the future. In fact, it’s overdue. What is an open publication? It’s one where anyone can submit an article, regardless of credentials, popularity, and writing experience.

The future is not written merely by an elite class of salaried journalists and Ivy League freelancers, it’s written by you. Gone are the days when money, prestige, or power are needed to change the world.

A reminder from “What is Predict?”:

You can change the world wielding only your phone or computer by writing out an idea. That idea about the future may become implemented by you or anyone else in the world, to change the world. Or your idea can spark another idea in someone’s mind and that idea goes on to change the world. Publishing an idea could spark another published idea that then sparks an idea that is implemented, and so on. Ideas spark new ideas, and by publishing your ideas you are making the great Earth-encompassing wildfire of ideas even stronger.

Putting your story on Predict is a way for all of us future thinkers to collectively increase the exposure of our ideas by joining forces in some way. We will not agree with everything written here, but we also accept that we might be wrong and they might be right. Whether it’s about tomorrow or the year 3000, we want your thoughts about the future.

Predict wants to publish ideas about the future. Even if you think your idea isn’t a great idea: please submit it, because the world might disagree.

I recently went through and checked the top 100 non-paywalled articles across Medium at https://medium.com/topic/popular. Only 20 of the top 100 articles on Medium are not in publications, the other 80 are in a publication. Why not give yourself an 80% chance of top article success, instead of a 20% chance?

“The Best Way To Predict The Future Is To Create It.” This goes both ways. In some cases, by predicting the future you are creating it.

Sincerely,

Eric Martin, founder of Predict

Most important person at Predict: A. S. Deller, editor-in-chief of Predict

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