Last night I agreed to a request by BBC Persian TV to give a live phone interview on futures studies in a program about "are you hopeful about your future?"
I was on air after the anchorwoman, Ms. Faren Taghizadeh, spent a little time introducing the "World Future Society" and its website and then my own website:
http://www.vahidthinktank.com
The diverse youth audience of the program for whom I was supposed to explain in one plain sentence what is this "futures studies" also were interested to know what is the impact of futures studies on our personal life. After giving a definition of scenarios and possible and preferable futures in a nutshell I went on to explain that the value and benefit of foresight is threefold. One the mere focus on times ahead of us will give us in itself "hope" in spite of all disappointing facts that may surround us today because through futures studies we find out that there will be a lot of alternative potentials on the horizon, which in turn help us become more patient. Second, the focus on futures will turn us into much more creative and innovative persons that means our brain will become full with diverse and interesting ideas. And finally foresight is supposed to help us decrease our regret over hasty and not well-thought choices and decisions we constantly and daily make.
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