The Work of the Imagination: We Must Imagine the Future to Survive

The Work of the Imagination: A Crisis of Imagination, We Must Imagine the Future to Survive.

William Blake wrote, "What is now proved was once only imagined." This paper examines works of the imagination in the past that have led to ideas and technology of today. It also explores what will be needed to imagine and then create the technology of the future which will deal with the effects of human civilization on climate change and the environment.