Forecasting or Shaping the Future?Siti Zulaiha Bte Kamarudin, G13

Background

Predicting the future = Know and observe the future

Shaping the future = Determine the future

Background

Our task is not to predict the future but to,

Design a future for a sustainable and acceptable world

Sustainable and Acceptable world

Living at peace with all of nature

Find a way for sharing broadly and fairly

Eliminate “we” from “they”

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.”

Interesting Points

Technology = knowledge

We ultimately decide the

extent of advancing to the

sustainable future.

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

Personal Rating

8/10

Comprehensive and an easy read Unique perspective on technology Too idealistic

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?