CHAPTER PREVIEW

Prelude: Typical day in the life of the U.S. president in 2025

A description of an imaginary day in the life of the U.S. president in 2025 can be used as one part of a balanced portfolio that contains multiple saw wave scenarios. Such an extremely stretching narrative opens minds to the possible occurrence of the seemingly impossible and serves as a provocative contrast, helping to develop alternative views of the future. Together with these additional gazes into the Chrystal ball, the imaginative opening scenario stimulates creative thinking about future continuities and major ruptures. The portfolio of different extreme saw wave trajectories also kick-starts intelligent debates about the radical consequences of possible reversals ...

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