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Everything about Future

Time after the present

The future is the time after the past and the present. Its arrival is considered inevitable due to the existence of time and the laws of physics. Due to the apparent nature of the reality and the unavoidability of the future, everything that currently exists and will exist can be categorized as either permanent, meaning that it will exist forever, or temporary, meaning that it will end. In the Occidental view, which uses a linear conception of time, the future is the portion of the projected timeline that is anticipated to occur. In special relativity, the future is considered absolute future, or the future light cone. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: FutureA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Current and future burden of breast cancer: Global statistics for 2020 and 2040Influential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: Momo oder Die seltsame Geschichte von den Zeit-Dieben und von dem Kind, das den Menschen die gestohlene Zeit zurückbrachteThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A Conceptual Model of Service Quality and Its Implications for Future ResearchCited 36,007 times
  5. Go sideways: FuturistA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: PresentA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Noun The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.

Noun Something that will happen in moments yet to come.

Noun Goodness in what is yet to come. Something to look forward to.

Noun The likely prospects for or fate of someone or something in time to come.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. In physics
  2. In philosophy
  3. In psychology
  4. In religion
  5. In grammar
  6. Linear and cyclic culture
  7. Futures studies
  8. In art and culture

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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