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
As a senior in college with less than two months to graduate, I have noticed that the question “Where am I going” keeps playing like a broken record in my mind. If one was to ask “what are some things that keep you up at night or gets your heart racing”, I would say it is “thinking about my future”. It is suffice to say that what our futures hold is never truly certain.
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,
From the time a child enters preschool, teachers begin asking a common question, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” That dreaded query has always haunted me, mostly because the way it was redundantly asked put a ton of pressure on me and my peers. The question was like a rusty nail being hammered into our head’s by society. I continuously had the cliché answers of becoming a doctor, teacher, or a police officer, but with serious reservations. After years of not having a clue, I started to think about what I like to do after the stresses of work and school were gone at the end of the day.
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
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.
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
"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.
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?
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...
No body knows what the future is going to be like. The future is an unsolved mystery that can never be unleashed. People will never be able to live in the future because the catch is once people live in the future, the future becomes the present. Even though no one knows what the future is going to be like, people like to write about this unsolved mystery because there is no right or wrong answer to what the future is going to be like. Both the novel, The Lathe of Heaven, and the movie, The Matrix, focus on the future. The writers and creators of these works not only suggest what life could be like in the future with similarities and differences, but they also add what life is like today in order to make the stories more believable. There are aspects that are different and similar about the future societies in the two works. In both works there are people who know the difference between the real worlds and then everyone else who has absolutely no idea. The majority of the people have absolutely no idea. The people live their own lives with not knowing anything that is going on. These people live their lives similar to the way people in todays society lives their lives. This is one of the reasons why people can relate themselves to both of the stories. Also, in both of the works there are characters trying to improve all of the worlds in general. Dr. Haber in the novel tries to influence George to dream a certain way in order to improve the world. For example, he tries to have George dream of equality for all people. In the movie Morphius frees Neo from the computer system because he believes that he can change the world. Neo is trying to be prevented to do so by Agent Smith because he represents the computers ...