Why America needs a Department of the Future
![](https://weirdnews.info/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Why-America-needs-a-Department-of-the-Future-601x220.jpg)
For too long we’ve been shortsighted, mistaking our cleverness for wisdom. Now, it’s time for politics to take a longer view. ‘The future depends on what you do today,’ Gandhi cautioned us.’ Photograph: Paper Boat Creative/Getty Images – By Kim Heacox 2021 Aug …