Imagining a future gain can destroy present wealth
Evidence
A man with one clay pot of flour is wealthier than a man who has imagined ten thousand buffaloes — if the imagining is what costs him the pot. — , A Year of World Stories, 5595
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Failed predictions merely trigger appeals to yet another new future. — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 682; People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509; Future literature mobilizes people toward predetermined ends — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 747 (+6 more)
Related
- Fantasy thinking substitutes passive imagined futures for real present transformation (similarity 0.87)
- Failed predictions merely trigger appeals to yet another new future. (similarity 0.80)
Broader Connections
- Imagining alternative futures can help bring them into being
#complicates(0.85) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 365 - Failed predictions merely trigger appeals to yet another new future.
#expands(0.50) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 682 - Future literature mobilizes people toward predetermined ends
#expands(0.40) — James W. Carey, Communication as Culture- Essays on…, 747 - People can simultaneously dread and desire the catastrophic events they anticipate
#complicates(0.35) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 509