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I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had
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"I had innumerable analysts who came to me in apology that the world that we were finding was not the world that they had thought existed and that they had estimated. Reality on the ground differed in advance"

- David Kay

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This quote by David Kay speaks to the problem of precisely anticipating the future. He acknowledges that his experts needed to apologize for not having the ability to precisely forecast the reality of the world. This quote speaks with the complexity of the world and how tough it is to accurately forecast the future. It likewise talks to the importance of being open to new information and wanting to change one's forecasts and expectations as brand-new details is revealed. This quote is a suggestion that the world is continuously altering and that it is important to stay available to new information and to be willing to adjust one's forecasts and expectations appropriately.

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