I agree that using metaphors to predict the future is problematic, but predicting the future is really hard and if we don’t have a good inside view of what’s likely to happen the best we can do is to extrapolate from what has happened in the past.
I agree that using metaphors to predict the future is problematic, but predicting the future is really hard and if we don’t have a good inside view of what’s likely to happen the best we can do is to extrapolate from what has happened in the past.