The best way to predict the future is to create it.
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt it didn't matter.
A vegetable's journey from seed to plate should honor every hand that touched it.
The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function.
The best way to predict the future is to create it.