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By Paul DeBoer Wed, 30 May 2012 11:15:00 ET

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When Bob Prechter launched The Socionomist three years ago, he wanted a publication that you could read each month to anticipate major changes in social trends. Socionomics puts you ahead of tomorrow's news, with the insights that will shape your world in the foreseeable future.

Judging from the prescient insights it offered subscribers in those first three years, The Socionomist has been an enormous success. But did you know that you can get a taste of what socionomics has to offer -- free? Two times each month, we send out an email that informs readers of the latest in socionomic developments. 

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Pre-Crime Becomes the Authoritarian Reality

The 2002 sci-fi movie Minority Report had a memorable plot: In the not-too distant future, the government has the ability to foresee acts of crime. In turn, law enforcement efforts have shifted from investigation to prevention. Would you want to live in that world? What if we told you that in some ways, you do?

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How to Use Socionomics to Make Specific Social Forecasts

We've stated multiple times and in multiple ways that socionomics is a tool for understanding the "tendency of the social system," not a crystal ball for predicting specific events.

But here's a secret worth knowing: In the hands of a skilled analyst, socionomics HAS been the primary tool behind many remarkably accurate and detailed forecasts.

One recent example is the predicted breakup of the European Union, which Prechter and Pete Kendall first anticipated in 1998 -- four years before the first euros even exited the printing presses.

How did they do it? When IS it appropriate to use socionomics to make a specific forecast? And what principles should you follow?

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Though the Heavens Fall, Let Them Be Strip Searched

The U.S. Supreme Court recently issued a ruling that ensures that the experience of arrest will now often include a memorable dose of humiliation. The court ruled that:

"...officials may strip-search people arrested for any offense, however minor, before admitting them to jails even if the officials have no reason to suspect the presence of contraband."

Let's take a moment to understand just how exceptional this ruling is, and to provide an explanation that makes it understandable.

Read how socionomics makes this possible >>
 

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Tags: authoritarianism, social mood, socionomics