The future doesn’t care
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The future doesn’t care
We live in a society defined by what venture capitalist Peter Thiel calls indefinite optimism. While we all sense on some level the expanding amount of possibility and opportunity available to us, you must step up to seize it. While many feel destined for something more, something bigger, few of us have taken actions to seize it. We
Taylor Pearson • The End of Jobs: Money, Meaning and Freedom Without the 9-to-5
By being willing to consider just how strange things might get, we reduce the risk of being shocked by our future, and we increase our ability to shape it.
Jane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
You’ve learned to see in the dark. We often say the future is bright, as in full of reasons to be hopeful. But the future is also dark, as in unforeseeable, unknowable. And that’s a wonderful thing, because if we can’t know exactly what the future will be, then it can be anything. We can still change it, we can shape it, we can actively make it wha
... See moreJane McGonigal • Imaginable: How to See the Future Coming and Feel Ready for Anything—Even Things That Seem Impossible Today
“The idea of the future, pregnant with an infinity of possibilities, is thus more fruitful than the future itself,” Bergson wrote, “and this is why we find more charm in hope than in possession, in dreams than in reality.” Once again, the seemingly dispiriting message here is actually a liberating one. Since every real-world choice about how to liv... See more
Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals
three profound shifts in how you navigate the world: From Response 1 to Response 2. Response 1 is automatic and rooted in the anxiety of uncertainty. Response 2 is autonomous and based on a strong sense of agency. We all oscillate between the two responses, but the more we flex our curiosity muscles, the more uncertainty transforms from something t
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