We always overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten. Don't let yourself be lulled into inaction.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The thing about politics is to plan 10 years ahead, and assume every year is your last.
The action we take and the decisions we make in this decade will have consequences far into this century. If America shows weakness and uncertainty, the world will drift toward tragedy. That will not happen on my watch.
Science has not yet mastered prophecy. We predict too much for the next year and yet far too little for the next 10.
The best way to predict the future is to change it.
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.
Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
During these last ten thousand years, we have made massive, unprecedented changes to the environment, creating problems for ourselves that we may not be able to solve.
We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.
With every year that passes, the more we have to be careful not to forget the causes and consequences of the Great Recession.
If you think you know where you're going to be 10 years from now, that's where you're at now. You're just putting it off.