Blindness to the future is the condition of strategic action.

Evidence

In all cases, there needs to be some sort of blindness. And hence, beyond theoretical perception or thematic intuition, beyond the object, there needs to be strategy. — Catherine Malabou, The Future of Hegel, 87

Categorization

• APHORISMS: A condensed life-world maxim: to act toward a future one cannot see requires strategy grounded in blindness, not certainty.
• QUESTION: Worth chasing: how does this blindness-to-future connect to the neurological account of plasticity as openness to damage and change?
• XREF: connects to: Deliberate action requires partial but not total foresight of consequences — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 785; Distant future goals cannot regulate present behavior amid competing influences. — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 2942; Strategic moves work by constraining one’s own behavior to shape an opponent’s expectations. — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 361 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Deliberate action requires partial but not total foresight of consequences #qualifies (0.85) — Georg Simmel, on individuality and social forms_…, 785
• The future is unknowable by definition, so prediction is only practical action. #expands (0.82)
• Being rational, informed, and in control is not always strategic #corroborates (0.82) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 52
• Distant future goals cannot regulate present behavior amid competing influences. #complicates (0.80) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 2942
• Strategic moves work by constraining one’s own behavior to shape an opponent’s expectations. #expands (0.80) — Thomas C. Schelling, The Strategy of Conflict, 361