If you wanna see the future, Go stare into a cloud.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker suggests looking at clouds to see the future implying it is vague and unclear.
- In plain terms
- You cannot know the future so just look at clouds which are unclear and changing.
- What can you take from it?
- The future is uncertain and cannot be predicted clearly.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do we try to predict things we cannot see?
Another view
Clouds are not actually indicators of future events beyond weather.
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