Once he (man) became conscious of creating images of the fu… - Fred Polak

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Once he (man) became conscious of creating images of the future, he became a participant in the process of creating this future.

Fred Polak

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Frederik Lodewijk Polak (May 21, 1907 – September 17, 1985) was a Dutch sociologist, politician and futurist. He was one of the Dutch founding fathers of futures studies, perhaps best known in the field for theorising the central role of imagined alternative futures in his classic work The Image of the Future.

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Alternative Names: Fred Lodewijk Polak • Frederik Lodewijk Polak • Fred L. Polak

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(3) Anyone who ponders the future will learn that this is still open to a considerable extent that can be further determined from case to case...

My own philosophical position, if I may put it that way, is very briefly as follows:

The rise and fall of images of the future precedes or accompanies the rise and fall of cultures. As long as a society's image is positive and flourishing, the flower of culture is in full bloom. Once the image begins to decay and lose its vitality, however, the culture does not long survive.

Once he (man) became conscious of creating images of the future, he became a participant in the process of creating this future. - Fred Polak

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