Future Studies - Is the Future Literate?

I have an underpinning ethos that everyone has to enter this work through a process where we first unlearn the way that we think about the future. I really have this fundamental belief as an educator that I need to practice what I preach. If you do not experience the powerful impact of this kind of thinking yourself, there is a risk you'll continue to study futures, but not study how we think about futures. You can't do one without the other. And since I approached this field from this capability standpoint, seeing future literacy as a skill that you need to nurture and practice That's going to change your thinking,.