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Forthcoming 2026
The Predictive Present
Language, Time, and the Rise of Information
by Dan Herbatschek
A sweeping intellectual history of how language, time, and quantification braided together across centuries — and how that braid produced the predictive world we now inhabit.
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A richly researched, narrative-driven work of intellectual history. The book traces the convergence of language, time, and information from ancient grammar and ritual calendars to modern AI and recommendation systems.
Written for the intellectually curious general reader. No specialized background required. When mathematics clarifies the story, it appears in short “windows” — illuminating, never intimidating.
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