Stop Thinking About the Future. It Is Useless
Start talking about the future
Strategy — map it out yourself
Start talking about the future
What made us humans? How did wild, animal-like creatures evolve into complex thinking machines? The Fear Paradox book’s author, Frank Faranda, assumes that the reason was fear. Weak and defenseless compared to predators, ancient people had to stare anxiously into darkness and guess what it covered. Envisioning the things that might happen served as the impetus for thinking tools development.
But it doesn’t mean we are superior future thinkers. Have you ever seen people able to plan their lives and stick to these plans long-term?
I haven’t seen them either.
Lost in the future
You take a train from one city to another. You don’t want to read a book or surf the Internet, so you’re looking out the window. So what are you thinking about? According to some studies, you spend 22% of this time imagining future events. But this brain’s skill doesn’t make you a better strategic thinker.
I have already written that people ar…