The Past, Present, and the Future Walked Into a Bar; It was Tense The concept of future has been present since the dawn of time. Every generation has thought about their future whether it be life after death, or where they will find food, or what will they wear. It is present in our inspirational quotes, our school systems, and religions. What will happen in the time yet to come? This question drives what we do and how we feel; we feel filled with a sense of wonder at the thought of what will come to be, we feel anxiety over an uncontrollable future, we feel a need to reminisce and maximize our time in an ever-shortening life. Whatever people perceive because of the always present future, there is no denying that it has a hand in creating who we are. At school when children learn about the different career options available, they are all asked the important question of “What do you want to do when you grow up?” Throughout their schooling career, they are asked this same question countless times, and each time, their response may vary; however, at their age, children’s responses do not seem thought out or important. Many will respond that they want to be a police officer, or a movie star, or a …show more content…
The word future can have a wondrous and innocent connotation, lying at the back of our mind as a silly answer to a common question that does not seem to hold any real meaning until called upon later in life. A word that’s steady hand drives what we do; the anxieties caused can govern and drive our actions to create our future. The future elicits feelings of reminiscence, apprehension, and a want to make new memories. I believe that everyone should embrace the future, no matter how looming, terrifying, or confusing it may be because these emotions and opportunities created by the future can lead to a more magnificent and free
Chuck Klosterman’s But What If We’re Wrong? is a book about examining the present as if we are in the future, examining many universally accepted cultural and even scientific beliefs and explaining how they will probably be thought of as absurd to future generations. The interesting thing is that he doesn’t actually say what these beliefs will become because his entire argument is that we simply do not know. The future is completely unpredictable, and the more reasonable it sounds to our present-day ears, the more likely it is to be a false prediction. He says that when examining our perception of the present day as if we are in the future,
When we were little, we thought the word “Career” was not a big deal, but as a senior in high school, the word has become our reality as we start to finish our last semester. The question we’ve been asked all these years is, what do you want to be when you grow up? But our answer is simple: we don’t want to grow up. As an innocent kid it seemed like the time would never come, but it has. It’s time to get serious and really ponder this question.
Even though I can be negative at times, I do have some situations where I think about my future. For example when I decided to leave to independent studies because I was always late, I was having problems at school and at home and it was very hard for me to focus on school. I thought if I left from regular school it could help me become more responsible and it could help me figure out what I wanted to major in. It was in independent studies that I found out that I really wanted to pursue a career in health. Another example where I thought about the future was when I took the CNA class; that is, I took the Certified Nursing Assistant course. At the end of my junior year I decided that I wanted to take the class because I could have better opportunities after high school and in my future career. The instructor Ms. Estrada had a meeting to see how many people were interested; in addition, she gave the class requirements. She said class was from 1:19 to 4:30, we had at least one test every week, and if you fail more than 3 tests you get dropped. At the end of the meeting she gave everyone a packet with medical terms that she wanted us to memorize. On the very first day she was going to test us; moreover, if we failed it we would get dropped. I was chosen to be in the class and it was the longest, most stressful year ever. I was ready to
The future is a vast ignorance - so they say. But is it really? In The
Some nights I lay awake thinking about the future—thinking about the cities that haven’t been built, the planets that haven’t been found, and the people that I will never get to meet. I am scared for those people.
Future has always intrigued people; we have always wanted to find out what future will
Strunk and White’s book was first published in 1935, and revised over the years. But, somehow the book hasn’t grasped the idea of change. The book seems to still be stuck in 1935; for instance, some of the examples refer to Moses and Isis. As we discussed in class, this seems fairly outdated. I’m ashamed to say I’m even unaware of who Isis is. Strunk and White also warn against using the phrase “the foreseeable future”, stating it is “a cliché, and a fuzzy one…How much of the future is foreseeable?...By whom is it foreseeable?” (Strunk and White 59). I don’t quite understand this rule; it seems old-fashioned to advise against referring to the future. It seems useless and unnecessary to state.
Why do people choose to live in the past rather than pursue a possibly greater future? This can occur due to a fear of the coming days, months, and years ahead that await. People would rather think and engross themselves in memories then have any sense of direction for the the inevitable passing of time. While every age is unique, “The Collective Neurosis” states the problems that can arise from not believing that people can escape, improve, or adapt to their environment. A person’s environment can be described by where they live and grew up, their socioeconomic status, and even their current mental state. These conditions can have dramatic effects on one’s personality, beliefs, and overall outlook on life itself. This potential nihilism that
As humans with the ability to have higher order thinking, we are able to think about the future and plan for it by setting goals. This allows us to place ourselves in the future, and experience a mental perception of the future that we want to have; and with that future mindset, will help guide our actions and behaviors in the present world. This is an adaptation of the brain development since it allows us to be better adequate and prepared for a s...
In the western society, our linear time structure has caused us to habitually separate time into intervals that consistently continue. The pressure these milestones place on people is enormous -- we are demanded to live life a certain way as there is always a time limit, even on the length of time we have in this world. Although these constraints tend to create the worry that life may not have meaning and bring with them the mystery of death, one must learn to emotionally separate oneself from this structure. Time as we have defined it is merely a human invention; aging and curiousness about the future are natural human instincts but when a man-made structure begins to cast a shadow of doubt on life’s meaning one must take a step back a realize that there is more to life than the ticking of a clock.
I believe that visualizing how the future will looks like will help me to begin setting my goals and make the types of conscious and subconscious changes to my though blueprints that I will make to create this illusory future.
The questions that arise are: What does thinking about the future means? How is possible to imagine something in the future? What is the role of this exercise?
I don?t know what the future holds, but I know who holds the future.
Life is constantly throwing curveballs. They come from every angle, at differing speeds and all make diverse, lasting impacts. Yet, no matter how many are thrown in our direction, one may never be able to know when or from where the next is coming. Kierkegaard, a Danish philosopher, once said that “Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward.” Meaning that, much like the curveballs, there is no way to understand what life will throw at us in the future, yet we must learn based on the experiences that have occurred in our past. For instance, when one becomes aware of the fact that a curveball is in their near future, and is ready to throw them off course, there is no time to think of what steps to take in order to get out of harm’s way. One must act solely on instinct, while simultaneously thinking through the process. We must then continue to think it over after the ac...
"I have seen the future and it is very much like the present, only longer." says Kehlog Albran in his book The Profit. This pseudo-philosophy is actually a concise description of forecasting, the science of predicting future events.