Futures concepts
Origin: Lat. futūrus, conceptus
The assumptions and premises on which the field is based. Some examples are: One cannot know the future with certainty… One can know a range of possible futures… Likelihood can be changed by policy… Policy consequences can be explored… Foreknowledge, probabilities, (sunrise vs. stock market)… Correlations, causality, and lead indicators… Cross-referencing methods is better… Humans will have more influence on the future than in the past.
Spanish: Conceptos futuros
Sources and references
- Glenn, Jerome, T. Gordon, and Elizabeth Flourescu “Azerbaijan Lectures,” Millennium Projectcited 2 times
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