Future planning: thread
We all seem to understand the importance of planning when undertaking new tasks.
It helps us to be aware of risks and implement ways of mitigating them, and it further enables us to consider necessary actions before they are required to be taken 
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Why is it that this integral process is neglected when it comes to the matters of greatest importance, such as the future of our individual selves, and the future of life as a collective?
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Seems to me like something is dangerously awry. I think much of the drought in future planning can be attributed to our overfocus on instantaneous pleasure and satisfaction fuelled by rampant individualism. Perhaps an increasingly collectivist mindset is necessary. Thoughts?
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I base this largely on the fact that global politics has little interest in the future. See: climate change, nuclear weapons, biodiversity etc. Whilst there are emerging organisations trying to address larger global issues (
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I agree, most of these problems are helped by coordinating through policy. Yet, it is amazing how much happens despite policy. Solar tech could not be repressed. Almost all we see on internet is not policy driven.
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Good point! Public opinion and enterprises are also critical 
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