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inSight for Hindsight. They say hindsight is 20/20. “If only we’d known then what we know now” is the frequent lament… “how were we supposed to know?” Whether looking at the threats to water quality in our streams and rivers; the cost of buying a home; or buying shares in that new Google thingy, we all have those moments when we wish we could have made yesterday’s decisions with the benefit of today’s hindsight. Particularly now, we might be wishing for some pre-emptive hindsight even more than usual. There’s a real sense of change about the town. The question on everyone’s lips is “what next?” and there’s no shortage of people willing to give their version of the answer. It’s an election year of course, and that always brings out a crowd eager to tell us what we’re supposed to want, and how voting for them is the best way to get it. In addition to this, our town has many developers anxious to have us realise that their project will be the solution to all our problems. And Council is getting in on the act too, asking us for our opinions on everything from special housing areas, to brothel planning bylaws, to options for a new vision for Queenstown. With all these people asking us for our opinions on their options, or our support for their plans, wouldn’t it be great to get a sneak peek into the future? To learn a few things that might let us see what’s coming, and offer us a little of tomorrow’s hindsight today? Sounds pretty good to me, and at Catalyst that’s exactly what we’ve set out to do. inSight will run across the weekend of 2nd and 3rd of September and is built to offer us all a sneak peek into our future.
The cast of ‘The Chain’. Margaret O’Hanlon’s lastest offering to Queenstown’s theatre scene which played to sold out audiences last week at the Arrowtown Atheneaum Hall.
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We bring in experts to explore with us how we will live in the coming years, what choices we can make to build the future we want, and what future factors we might just have to learn to adapt to. We take a look at the plans, problems, and hopes for the future of those who will be living in it -our school students. This year’s inSight focusses on towns of the future, how we’ll live in them, and how they’ll shape our interactions with each other. We explore aspects that will stay the same, some that will change dramatically, and some that are specifically and critically important for us as we plan the future towns of our district.
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In short, we do our best to deliver an advance screening of tomorrow’s hindsight. Attendance is obviously optional and, thanks to our supporters and sponsors, it’s free too! But if you miss it, you might want to think twice before you next ask “how were we supposed to know?” AJ Mason Erstwhile astrophysicist, geek-in-residence, usual suspect
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