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1、PERCEPTIONOFTHEFUTUREANDTHEFUTUREOFPERCEPTIONHEINZVONFOERSTERUniversityofIllinois,Urbana,Illinois1ABSTRACT“Thede?nitionofaproblemandtheactiontakentosolveitlargelydependontheviewwhichtheindi-vidualsorgroupsthatdiscoveredtheproblemhaveofthesystemtowhichitrefers.Aproblemmayt
2、hus?nditselfde?nedasabadlyinterpretedoutput,orasafaultyoutputofafaultyoutputdevice,orasafaultyoutputduetoamalfunctioninanotherwisefaultlesssystem,orasacorrectbutundesiredoutputfromafaultlessandthusundesirablesystem.Allde?nitionsbutthelastsuggestcorrectiveaction;onlythelas
3、tde?nitionsuggestschange,andsopresentsanunsolvableproblemtoanyoneopposedtochange”—HerbertBr¨un,1971.RUISMShavethedisadvantagethatbydullingtheEpidemicTsensestheyobscurethetruth.AlmostnobodywillYcolleaguesandIare,atpresent,researchingthebecomealarmedwhentoldthatintimesofcon
4、tinuitytheMmysteriesofcognitionandperception.When,futureequalsthepast.Onlyafewwillbecomeawarethatfromtimetotime,welookthroughthewindowsoffromthisfollowsthatintimesofsocio-culturalchangeourlaboratoryintotheaffairsofthisworld,webecomethefuturewillnotbelikethepast.Moreover,w
5、ithafu-moreandmoredistressedbywhatwenowobserve.Theturenotclearlyperceived,wedonotknowhowtoactworldappearstobeinthegripofafast-spreadingdiseasewithonlyonecertaintyleft:ifwedon'tactourselves,which,bynow,hasassumedalmostglobaldimensions.weshallbeactedupon.Thus,ifwewishtobesu
6、bjects,Intheindividualthesymptomsofthedisordermanifestratherthanobjects,whatweseenow,thatis,ourpercep-themselvesbyaprogressivecorruptionofhisfacultytotion,mustbeforesightratherthanhindsight.1ThisarticleisanadaptationofanaddressgivenonMarch29,1971,attheopeningoftheTwenty-f
7、ourthAnnualConferenceonWorldAffairsattheUniversityofColorado,Boulder,Colorado,U.S.A.HEINZVONFOERSTER1PerceptionoftheFutureandtheFutureofPerceptionperceive,withcorruptedlanguagebeingthepathogene,tivityinternallyperceivedasthoughtandwill,orexter-thatis,theagentthatmakesthed
8、iseasesohighlyconta-nallyperceivableasspeechandmovement(Maturana,gious.Worse,inprogressivestages