It's important to understand the past, because the future will be more like the past than futurists can imagine. Our kids will live in a future that's about 80% past, 2% present, and 18% future. (more or less).
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It's important to understand the future, because our kids will spend the rest of their lives there.
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To understand the past, it's important to learn about our evolutionary origins and civilizational histories. People who discourage you from doing this are revealing an agenda contrary to your interests.
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To understand the present, it's useful to have good mental models of our evolutionary and civilizational past, and of our likely near-term futures. Very few journalists have these mental models, so very few can explain current events with real insight.
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In sum: good parents have to become better futurists; better futurism requires a heterodox understanding of evolution and history; the present is much less important than most people think.
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So will we ourselves
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You have kids? I would think that an evo-psych professor should have to have kids eventually.
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Exactly. What do they care if Europe burns? They don’t have any investment in the future.
#skininthegame
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Asking people to understand the future is like asking them to be lucky.
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