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%EXPECTATIONS 770921
The smooth functioning of society depends upon people
fulfilling most of their expectations of each other, both
formal and informal expectations being important.
Efficient use of human time and resources demands that
usually human relationships be regulated by expectations
defined by tradition, formal agreements, informal
understandings, role models, exemplars, etc. Ultimate
concern for smooth functioning and efficiency, however,
generate inhumane situations when we demand of each other
that without exception we fulfill expectations. A life
which consists of nothing beyond fulfilling expectations--
-is so predictable as to be boring and dull at best; and
a form of imprisonment with resentment and rebellion in
other cases.
Human living involves more than fulfilling
expectations; it involves initiatives, creativity,
novelty, newness, etc. which are not expected. Such
components of human living can not be specified by
legalistic prescriptions which generate the expectations
of such humane fulfillment. We may hope for such
components of humane living; we may seek to create
conditions which facilitate them; we may be thankful when
we enjoy them; we may thank those who facilitate them--
but we can not helpfully require them, nor can we
helpfully punish those who do not enjoy/facilitate such
components of humane living. Expectations do not define
the way to human fulfillment, because usually human
fulfillment involves unexpected initiatives, creativity,
novelty, and newness.
The objective/technical approach to life is based
upon understanding and control which generate expectations
of accomplishing some chosen goals. The technocratic
society is thus focused upon the fulfillment of
expectations. Futurists specialize in articulating
possible expectations and predicting the sequence of
events which may lead to the fulfillment of such
expectations. Futurology thus is a technical discipline
concerned with the lucid exposition of expectations and
the consideration of which possibilities are good and/or
evil. Such analyses presumably will facilitate decision
making towards human fulfillment. Does human fulfillment
come from fulfilling expectations?
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