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Phrase of the day: "Future-directed Postfactual Speculation". A planning technique ('backcasting' - analogous to 'forecasting')
Phrase of the day: "Future-directed Postfactual Speculation". A planning technique ('backcasting' - analogous to 'forecasting') for deciding what steps would need to be taken to reach a particular future state. Used by futurists to help identify important factors that may lie ahead.
"Backcasting is increasingly used in urban planning and resource management of water and energy."
(Diagram courtesy of By Dr Lindsay B Yeates - https://ia601502.us.archive.org/17/items/TECA2004/TECA-%282004%29.pdf, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=37250190)
Source: en.wikipedia.org
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