The future, now

While dearly, duly elected public officials are keeping their eye on the calendar leading to 2028, urban planner Jun Palafox is celebrating his company’s 36th anniversary and sending out their “Postcards from the Future” circa 2050 through 2100.

- JULLIE Y. DAZA

Minus a crystal ball, Jun is looking at the country of his birth as a “first-world country with a first-world economy, a plan and design through visionary, inclusive, and sustainable development.” Sounds like a tall order especially if you’re a pessimist rather than an optimist. The next generations would do well to be hopeful, rather than skeptical. For saying that, I affirm that yes, you could say I am an optimist, too.