Why should we look to the past in order to prepare for the future? Because there is nowhere else to look.

James Burke
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People often look to the past in order to predict the future. They compare today’s situation to yesterday’s or to how it was in the past. This, however, is an unproductive practice because none of us can know what will happen tomorrow. We can only act based on what we know about today and, if we want to know what will happen tomorrow, we must act today.

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