Walking Elven Pathways: enactivating the pattern that connects

Explore constraints and possibilities on envisioning the future

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Introduction

There is widespread concern with envisioning the future in some form. Many processes and events are organized to do so. It is the focus of many books and documents. Some are elaborated at the local level, or for particular communities, others at the national or even the international level. Such endeavours may be undertaken by governmental bodies, think-tanks or multinational corporations -- in addition to those by associations of every kind.

The following exploration is not concerned with the justifications for such processes but with asking whether the approach is necessarily engaging with the most useful questions at this point in time -- or asking them in the most appropriate way.