Homo Prospectus, Seligman Martin E. P., Railton Peter, Baumeister Roy F.

Much of the history of psychology has been dominated by a framework in which peoples behavior is driven by past history (memory) and present circumstances (perception and motivation). Homo Prospectus reassesses this idea, pushing focus to the future front and center and opening discussion of a new
field of Psychology and Neuroscience.

The authors delve into four modes in which prospection operates: the implicit mind, deliberate thought, mind-wandering, and collective (social) imagination. They then explore prospections role in some of lifes most enduring questions: Why do people think about the future? Do we have free will?
What is the nature of intuition, and how might it function in ethics? How does emotion function in human psychology? Is there a common causal process in different psychopathologies? Does our creativity change with age?