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| "The future is getting here sooner than ever. We need to prepare ourselves and create rather than await the future." -- Jack Latona |
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| We know this stuff! (Uttered with a degree of bewilderment and frustration when we read the news. "Why do people persist in avoiding to learn from the past?") |
| Rational thinking for an irrational world... What is the place of irrationality in an increasingly rational world of explanations? |
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| As the world becomes increasingly rational and complicated, are more people going to seek solace in irrational and "comfortable" (non-scientific) explanations? "The Great Spirit feels your pain, so he is crying with you." This explains rain during a funeral and certainly alleviates the pain of mourners. Such explanations are often necessary for children, but this attitude leaks into everyday life. "Don't give me science, don't ask me to stretch my brain to learn analogies. Just make me feel good" appears to be the message that many people give for not taking time to learn about emerging trends that will impact all of us. Reference: A World of Half-Adults, Utne Reader, May June 1996, pages 52-57. The Sibling Society by Robert Bly. Available for reading at the Julian Simon Library at The Center for Creating the Future. |
| The Reference Library The Center for Creating the Future maintains a library of many of the articles and books that we refer to you. Contact us to arrange time to view our libary. The library is dedicated to Julian Simon in an effort to acknowledge his work and to encourage the next generation to continue his efforts to examine the world around us. |
| Click here for some examples of irrational thinking and attitudes that promote the pursuit for comfort and "what's true for me." |