Futurology

Futurology is the study of the prediction of the future. Here we may posit several key concepts to understanding futurology, for anyone interested in writing about science fiction, or even futurism.

Concept #1: Limited Supply
This is similar to that economics principle: people want more and more, but they can only have so much because the technology, labor, and property that they have can only yield so much. Therefore they constantly strive to improve their supply, in the hope that they can achieve what they aspire to have.

Concept #2: Unlimited Aspiration
This concept in particular is very important, primarily because people so often tend to forget it in seeking for an ideal. People have an unlimited aspiration: no matter how much is supplied, they will always want more, they will always try to improve things so that life can be even better. Even when things are already very well, they realize that things could be made better, and thus find it often a worthwhile task to aspire for even more.