1) the benefits are not immediately apparent
2) inertia is a powerful force that must be overcome
3) it requires consistent discipline and focus
4) if you're not careful you can get hurt
5) it's more fun when you're doing it with other folks
This is Part 2 of my series of The New Language. Part 1, called The Consumer is Dead, can be found here (http://bit.ly/amimIO) . Part 3 is coming soon.
I think I’m going to change my profile on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and Posterous. Currently it states I am “exploring the time and space between things”, but I think there’s a much shorter and more descriptive way of saying the same thing, “I’m futuring”.
I saw a blog post recently from @Faris, where he said “I spend a lot of time thinking about the future”. And I realized he could have just said “I future a lot” or I spend a lot of time futuring.”
It has a nice ring to it.
It reminds me of a book I read to my daughter when she was 4, called “Mirandy and Brother Wind”. The story centers around a big dance called a Cakewalk and a 6 year old girl named Mirandy. Mirandy needs a partner for the dance and decides the best partner she could possibly have would be the Wind. She then tries numerous ways to catch him and her wise grandmother tells her that nobody can catch Brother Wind, because “he be special, he be free.”
Doesn’t that sound like the future? The future is free. It roams around stirring things up, confusing people, breathing life into still things, but if you catch it—just for an instant, it’s the best partner for the dance. And Mirandy was right.
Cheers.
Photo by Peyekcaster.
