Acknowledgements
This research was funded by the UK's Economic and Science Research Council under its Professorial Fellowship Scheme (Grant No. RES-051-27-0049), In Pursuit of the Future. See also http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/socsi/futures/.
Notes
1. And this, by the way, is the case even where people have a deep trust in fate, credit the stars with the power to affect their destiny, or hold strong religious beliefs. Without giving much thought to the matter people live with the paradox of a future that is simultaneously open and determined.