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Sep 13Liked by Foresight in the Present

Thank you Maree. Joy and courage are often colleagues. Jim

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Sep 13Liked by Foresight in the Present

We often say 'I wish you joy with that' either as an ironic slur or as a glib throw away line. But after reading this I really do wish you more joy on the path you've chosen.

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Sep 13Liked by Foresight in the Present

Good for you, Maree!

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Sep 13Liked by Foresight in the Present

Maree, I'm grateful meeting you at APFN 10 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Wishing you good health and happiness. Excited about your incoming book.

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It was good to meet you in person Freddy, hope there's a next time.

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I can help you with this. I have a bunch of papers that will support you. I just wrote one about our ability to model in our body the patterns all around us that allow us to see and predict the patterns in the world. I had to create a new cognition to show how it worked. Infracognition, the somatic mirror of metacognition. But it's a real cogntion. I use it everyday.

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I would like to share this with you.

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Hi Lillian, I just found your website so I'll check this out first and then get back to you. Thank you for the offer of sharing your papers - I'll be in touch.

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Sep 13Liked by Foresight in the Present

Maree - when we met it was in the early context of futures strategy in policing. The joy of finding people who 'got' futures was itself was something shared by all. As we have all created a path in (or around) the field, the joys we pursued have been many. A sadness for me is that we have not come back together to share our findings and so the joy for me is in finding your substack again.

Yet the joy felt by doing something for your own future transcends all things. And having the choice to do this is itself joyful, the alternatives being far less so.

There is much to see that is positive in the future, individually and I believe, collectively. As you say, the unconscious choices people will make because of the constructs everyone self-defines will govern their individual futures, and the collective joy is formed in the want for positive shared events in the future.

May all around you experience their joy with you too. Take care.

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Hi David, that was a long time ago. Thank you for your continuing support and this lovely reply - I do appreciate it. I also remember that joy of 'getting' futures which still doesn't happen all that often still! Thanks again, Maree.

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Hi Maree! I think nowadays the vibe of becoming 60 reflects all what you have described!

But I will look foward to your next writings since as a Psychology and Practioner Futures Thinking I am interested in Futures as a cognitive function. Enjoy!

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Thank you Juliana. I hope to add more to the site soon.

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