The Future Is Important

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Malcolm Johnson: In making big prediction, what I try and do is just be open to as many new developments as possible. He says that's a more open-ended, more kind of creative, less rational way of bringing the future into your decision-making process. "I think we're lucky to live in an age where we can actively pursue our curiosity online"

We all face fork-in-the-road moments in our lives. In his 2005 bestseller “Blink,” Next Big Idea Club curator (and this episode’s guest interviewer) Malcolm Gladwell famously argued that snap judgments can be just as effective as meticulous planning. In this lively conversation, author Steven Johnson (“Farsighted”) disagrees, arguing that big, complex decisions require careful thought and scenario-building.