Amazing how prescient Toffler has been, Caroline. And I've literally taken my airpods out of my ears after listening to Office Shock by futurist (Institute For The Future), Bob Johansen. In there I learned there's a documentary of Future Shock directed by Orson Wells...
None of which is to contest your fundamental point here - that imagination is important. And we can learn to be more imaginative and to encourage those we lead to develop their imagination skills too. Who'd a thunk that the dry old business world would actually all depend on our abilities to retain feelings of wonder, dispositions of playfulness and the sheer 'Whatiffery' of children?
There's much to learn from sci-fi, and we don't have to look too hard really! I recently wrapped up Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' and as the science featured in that was so thoroughly researched I wonder how much of it will eventually come true? Single-cell organisms as a future fuel source? I agree, the adults of the world need more wonder and play and curiosity!
Amazing how prescient Toffler has been, Caroline. And I've literally taken my airpods out of my ears after listening to Office Shock by futurist (Institute For The Future), Bob Johansen. In there I learned there's a documentary of Future Shock directed by Orson Wells...
None of which is to contest your fundamental point here - that imagination is important. And we can learn to be more imaginative and to encourage those we lead to develop their imagination skills too. Who'd a thunk that the dry old business world would actually all depend on our abilities to retain feelings of wonder, dispositions of playfulness and the sheer 'Whatiffery' of children?
There's much to learn from sci-fi, and we don't have to look too hard really! I recently wrapped up Andy Weir's 'Project Hail Mary' and as the science featured in that was so thoroughly researched I wonder how much of it will eventually come true? Single-cell organisms as a future fuel source? I agree, the adults of the world need more wonder and play and curiosity!