No!
We wish it would… and we live our lives like it will. We project an improved status quo on to the future. The truth is we just don’t see the forces that are shaping our soon to be new reality.
We need to detect what’s going on in the periphery of our world – what’s happening at the edges. It is at the outskirts of our day to day routine that we might notice change. We need to do more than notice though. We need to analyze whether those emerging forces are going to impact us now or later. Mega-forces and trend changes look insignificant and innocent as they start to surface. But their dynamics can turn our world upside down if we act like an ostrich and keep acting like tomorrow will look just like today.
We need to dig into the new social and economic trends and the psychological yearnings of those around us. Then we have a chance of anticipating and adapting. Extrapolating from the past is an exercise in self deception. Explore what’s new and why. Otherwise a tidal wave of surprise will be upon us.