Christopher barnatt biography

Future Gazing as Future Shaping

Nobody can predict the future. However, we all have the ability to mentally remove ourselves from the present in order to imagine events and states of the world that are yet to happen.

This means that we all have at least some ability to predict a wide range of possible futures, some of which are likely to be more preferable to us than others. From this range of possible futures we may then pick the one we most desire and work toward making it a reality.

Choosing the Best Tomorrow

As the above indicates, future gazing as future shaping is all about taking actions today to select and work toward the possible future we most desire.

In the same way that an architect may draw designs of many possible buildings for a particular location -- only one of which can be chosen to be built there -- so future gazing as future shaping is the process by which we can all try to imagine several possible futures before playing our role in influencing the actuality