Future
thinking is fueled by doubt and faith at the same instant. Doubt is clearly experienced in future
voices, “futurenomics” (my terms for economic illusions), by
indecision and “if-then” thinking as primary examples.
These are
destructive mental disturbances, especially where there is no reasonable reason
to be thinking this way, when they serve to paralyze movement in our own
physiology, or in taking action in the world around us. Read more »