Acknowledging the unknowability of the future, Rizal would write in 1889 as he explored several future questions about the country's future "it is impossible to reply to all of these questions as both yes or no may be answered." The future for Rizal is above material considerations and that there were emerging others, the invisible influencers, and ethical considerations that

The Center for Engaged Foresight Team led by its Chief Futurist Shermon Cruz facilitated the National Academy of Science and Technology (NAST) a 2-Day Futures Literacy Leadership Training and a 2-Day Scenario Planning Action Learning Workshop to unpack, explore, reveal, reframe and consolidate the insights shaping the futures of Philippine Science, Technology and Innovation Operational Areas for the STI Foresight