Pattern 704

Visionaries.

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"Visionaries" are tricky beasts. No one has a crystal ball. Yet envisioning the possibilities of futures to be designed is invaluable. Possibly essential. Certainly motivating. And some purveyors of such visions -- the most charismatic and vocal leap to mind -- have become legendary Think, for example, Steve Jobs and Elon Musk. The challenge is figuring out which "visionaries" are nuts. And which are gifted. No small task. Some are both.

Doonesbury, 25 August 1997:

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