backcasting

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 * Backcasting** = Defining a desirable future and then working backwards to identify the stepping stones that connect this desired future to the present.

Essay
Let's differentiate. //Forecasting// is the process of predicting the future based on current trend analysis. //Backcasting// visualizes the desired outcomes and then imagines the actions needed to serve as stepping stones to that future.

Questions
What's on your wishlist? How can we collaborate in collective backcasting?

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Translating: Backcasting = Defining a desirable future and then working backwards to identify the stepping stones that connect this desired future to the present.
Spanish: Backcasting: Prospección inversa en una situación futura (se supone que deseable) y trata de seguir los pasos que vincula el futuro con el presente.

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