Our team takes the day off, with this gem from the archives:
At 9: Seek your future in the crystal ball... ...not seeing it?
That's okay, Bina Venkataraman suggests a different tool anyway. She finds fault with the way we tend to let our short-term desires interfere with our long-term thinking.
Her recommended remedy is the title of her book, The Optimist's Telescope: Thinking Ahead in a Reckless Age.