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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Hi Geoffrey, which are the mental models that you use most often to understand current events?
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Well then heck, you could finally roll all that work and education up into a journalism career.
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