The Difference between Prediction and Vision

Prediction says what will be, vision what can be.  Predication is a quest for certainties, vision is a quest for possibilities.  Prediction is based on analysis, which means taking things apart; vision is bases on systhesis, which means putting things together.  Prediction is almost always inaccurate, but vision can't be--any more than a dream can be wrong.  And this the most important distinction, prediction takes place in the future, but vision exists in the present. 

Vision is what we see now, brought into focus by all our experience and emotion.  Scientist estimate that 80 percent of what we see in the real world is already present in our brains, such as the memories, judgments, and emotions that fill the gaps that sight alone is incapable of processing.  Though the images pass through our eyeballs, vision actioually takes place in our minds.  To some degree, everything we see depends on what we are thinking when we envision it....The practice of envisioning can shape the future.  Imagination, or rather seeing through the mind's eye, exposes new possibilities and eliminates unworthiness. 

Though we'll never predict the future, we can, it seem, enact it through the visions we hold today....Want to lower your blood pressure ten points?  Recall an image of yourself under a scarlet Pacific sunset, sand all around, and project yourself under there.  Even scientists, with all their rigor and precision, would be nothing without visions, which they refer to as theories.  As Einstein said: "Our  theories determine what we measure."...tomorrow's reality springs from today's vision.
Quote from Thomas Petzinger, Jr.

Ever wonder why technology companies change their products so often?  It is so frustrating for people to just get used to Windows XP and Vista.  Now Windows 7 is out and soon Windows8.  Apple continues to assault our decision-making processes by introducing new products, it seems to me, weekly.  In fact, if you live long enough, you'll have every product that you've ever loved discontinued.

Here is why:
Technology people have a short clock.  This means that they like change and get depressed if change doesn't happen fast enough.  They thrive on the revolutionary.  This is one of the reason they change jobs every 18 months to 3 years.  So it stands to reason that they design products that have short use spans.

The problem is most of the population like change to EVOLVE over 5-7 years. (The 7 year itch thing).  They like improved updated products, not radically new.  When they have to change products too frequently they find it annoying, frustrating and inconvenient.   It is the reason so many people put off changing to new systems or phones or computers.  It doesn't fit their 'clock'.  NLP has more information on this.  These filters are called Meta Programs.