But What If We're Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past

So why do we consider the worst case that took place in our own past as the worst possible case? If the past, by bringing surprises, did not resemble the past previous to it (what I call the past’s past), then why should our future resemble our current past?

Which fact about today do you think is most important to challenge going forward? What assumption are you ready to leave behind?