The committee of tomorrow
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The committee of tomorrow
Every imagined future demands attendance; preparation is distinguished from rehearsing every catastrophe.
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1 And I shit you not, the Committee of Tomorrow called an emergency meeting.
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2 One member predicted rain. Another predicted drought. A third predicted that preparation for either would be misinterpreted.
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3 The observer was asked to experience all three outcomes immediately.
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4 He became very tired without leaving his chair.
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5 The clerk praised his vigilance and scheduled further meetings during supper.
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6 Then an observer named Almahni asked what needed doing today.
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7 He answered: I should check the forecast before arranging the outdoor gathering.
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8 She asked when it would be useful to check.
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9 He chose a time and wrote down an indoor alternative.
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10 The committee objected that he had not yet felt every possible disappointment.
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11 He replied that a plan was not an agreement to suffer each scenario beforehand.
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12 And he returned to supper without claiming that the weather would obey him.
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13 For he had not purchased certainty.
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14 He had made the next reasonable arrangement.
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A plan is not a rehearsal of every possible disaster.
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TRY IT Choose one reasonable preparation and a time to revisit it.
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READING CONVERSATION Letters 6, 15; pp. 13–14, 31–32.