3. Background
Our task is not to predict the future but to,
Design a future for a sustainable and acceptable
world
4. Sustainable and Acceptable
world
Living at peace with all of nature
Find a way for sharing broadly and fairly
Eliminate “we” from “they”
5. Interesting Points
Achieving the sustainable world is not mainly
dependent on technology but,
Dependent on people’s simple desires
“We want enough to eat, warm relations with some
other people, pleasant and intellectually challenging
tasks and surroundings, and freedom from pain, fear
and hate.”
7. Key Takeaway Messages
Only through present efforts do we determine
how sustainable our future will be
Focus should shift from forecasting the future to
shaping our future
8. Personal Rating
8/10
Comprehensive and an easy read
Unique perspective on technology
Too idealistic
9. Discussion
Do you think that it is possible to achieve this
sustainable future?
Does technology help us in achieving a future we
would like or does it hinder us from achieving it?
Notas do Editor
I’m Siti and my topic for today is Forecasting the future or shaping it, an article by Herbert A. Simon.
First, the differences between predicting the future and shaping the future. Predicting the future means to observe the trends and to be able to tell what comes next in the future. However, shaping the future goes one step further which means that instead of only predicting the future, we take control of our future and determine it.
We are not observers of the future but instead, we are the actors who determine the future with our actions.