The purpose of thinking about the future is not to predict it but to raise people's hopes.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Nobody wants a prediction that the future will be more or less like the present, even if that is, statistically speaking, an excellent prediction.
Humans are terrible at predicting the future. We really overestimate what we can do in the short term and underestimate what we can do in the long term... If we can glimpse even a couple of years into the future, even that's difficult to do.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The future belongs to those who see possibilities before they become obvious.
One shouldn't know the future.
The best way to predict the future is to change it.
Forecasting our futures is built into our psyches because we will soon have to manage that future. We have no choice. No matter how often we fail, we can never stop trying.
The only way to predict the future is to have power to shape the future.
But before looking to the future, let's glance back at the road we've traveled these past two years because that is the source of much of the optimism we are all feeling about the future.
Thinking about the future is fundamentally important to dealing with the challenges of today.
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