# Envisioning · Hindsight | Envisioning

Source: https://www.envisioning.com/hindsight/envisioning

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# Envisioning

Every publication series from Envisioning in Hindsight, and how its predictions turned out.

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[Publishers](/hindsight)[Forecast vs actual](/hindsight/forecasts)[Side by side](/hindsight/comparisons)
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[Envisioning the future of education technology](/hindsight/envisioning/education)Study posters

Validated: two blind graders, an adjudicator on every disagreement, and an agent audit of a fixed sample ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11)).

1 publications, 2012 to 2012 · 42 predictions

75%

050%100%

hit rate, 21 of 28, 95% interval 53% to 91% with the audit error applied ([D28](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d28-the-audit-error-rate-widens-every-published-interval-d11-issue-61))

Light band: with the audit error. Dark bar: count-only interval 57% to 87%.

-   hit21
-   partial7
-   contested1

1.  29claims
    
    each graded by two agents who cannot see each other's verdict ([D7](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d7-agentic-verdicts-with-independent-agreement))
    
2.  →
    
    25agreed
    
    agreement beyond chance, kappa 0.63
    
3.  →
    
    4settled
    
    the graders disagreed; a third agent decided ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11))
    
4.  →
    
    25audited
    
    an agent re-checked a fixed sample of agreed verdicts: 0 corrected, 1 left unsettled ([D11](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d11-validation-thresholds))
    
5.  →
    
    28published
    
    1 contested: no verdict publishes
    

[Envisioning the future of health technology](/hindsight/envisioning/health)Study posters

Validated: two blind graders, an adjudicator on every disagreement, and an agent audit of a fixed sample ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11)).

1 publications, 2012 to 2012 · 55 predictions

43%

050%100%

hit rate, 12 of 28, 95% interval 23% to 65% with the audit error applied ([D28](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d28-the-audit-error-rate-widens-every-published-interval-d11-issue-61))

Light band: with the audit error. Dark bar: count-only interval 27% to 61%.

-   hit12
-   partial13
-   miss3

1.  28claims
    
    each graded by two agents who cannot see each other's verdict ([D7](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d7-agentic-verdicts-with-independent-agreement))
    
2.  →
    
    26agreed
    
    agreement beyond chance, kappa 0.88
    
3.  →
    
    2settled
    
    the graders disagreed; a third agent decided ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11))
    
4.  →
    
    26audited
    
    an agent re-checked a fixed sample of agreed verdicts: 1 corrected, 0 left unsettled ([D11](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d11-validation-thresholds))
    
5.  →
    
    28published
    
    every claim has a verdict
    

[Envisioning Emerging Technologies (Policy Horizons Canada)](/hindsight/envisioning/emerging-technologies)Study posters

Validated: two blind graders, an adjudicator on every disagreement, and an agent audit of a fixed sample ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11)).

1 publications, 2014 to 2014 · 88 predictions

75%

050%100%

hit rate, 41 of 55, 95% interval 60% to 86% with the audit error applied ([D28](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d28-the-audit-error-rate-widens-every-published-interval-d11-issue-61))

Light band: with the audit error. Dark bar: count-only interval 62% to 84%.

-   hit41
-   partial6
-   miss8
-   contested1

1.  56claims
    
    each graded by two agents who cannot see each other's verdict ([D7](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d7-agentic-verdicts-with-independent-agreement))
    
2.  →
    
    54agreed
    
    agreement beyond chance, kappa 0.92
    
3.  →
    
    2settled
    
    the graders disagreed; a third agent decided ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11))
    
4.  →
    
    50audited
    
    an agent re-checked a fixed sample of agreed verdicts: 0 corrected, 1 left unsettled ([D11](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d11-validation-thresholds))
    
5.  →
    
    55published
    
    1 contested: no verdict publishes
    

[Envisioning Technology posters](/hindsight/envisioning/technology)Technology placements

Validated: two blind graders, an adjudicator on every disagreement, and an agent audit of a fixed sample ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11)).

2 publications, 2011 to 2012 · 229 predictions

45%

050%100%

hit rate, 49 of 108, 95% interval 28% to 63% with the audit error applied ([D28](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d28-the-audit-error-rate-widens-every-published-interval-d11-issue-61))

Light band: with the audit error. Dark bar: count-only interval 36% to 55%.

-   hit49
-   partial13
-   miss46
-   unfalsifiable2
-   contested3

1.  113claims
    
    each graded by two agents who cannot see each other's verdict ([D7](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d7-agentic-verdicts-with-independent-agreement))
    
2.  →
    
    95agreed
    
    agreement beyond chance, kappa 0.75
    
3.  →
    
    18settled
    
    the graders disagreed; a third agent decided ([D20](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d20-agents-do-all-grading-adjudication-and-audit-amends-d7-d11))
    
4.  →
    
    50audited
    
    an agent re-checked a fixed sample of agreed verdicts: 1 corrected, 3 left unsettled ([D11](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md#d11-validation-thresholds))
    
5.  →
    
    110published
    
    3 contested: no verdict publishes
    

How testable the claims were

2% too vague to test

2 of 113. unfalsifiable: the plausible readings give different verdicts.

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Data, code and grading rules are public at [github.com/envisioning/hindsight](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight). Data under CC BY 4.0 (the BCB Focus survey under ODbL), code under MIT. Every rule is in [the decision log](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/blob/main/docs/DECISIONS.md). Think a verdict is wrong? [Open a dispute](https://github.com/envisioning/hindsight/issues/new?template=dispute-verdict.yml).
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