The future is a romance of the mind. Like all romances, it is made of shadow and light. Heroes take great leaps of ingenuity. Audiences experience the specter of cataclysm. This romance is fueled by human sentiments of every ilk fear, anger, hate, jealousy, awe, and great tenderness.

The futures we conceive hold all the great stories of the past and many more we have yet to imagine. But in the present, there are just three honest choices: yes, no, and don’t know. Out of these, we make the future, moment by moment.”