I've seen the future, brother: it is murder.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A bleak prediction that the future holds destruction or violence rather than progress.
- In plain terms
- The future looks violent and destructive.
- What can you take from it?
- Consider that the future might bring harm rather than improvement.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What do you fear about the future?
- Does predicting the worst help or hurt?
Another view
It is overly deterministic and might discourage efforts to build a better future.
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