What is the pragmatic course of action to take when you are aware that your prediction about the future (to simplify it) is going to influence it?

If there was a single chief economist in the world (again, simplifying it) and everybody listened to him- and he said “I think banks are going to crash”- then everyone will rush to the banks and draw out all their money, and the banks will then crash.

What do you do, as chief economist (again, simplifying it) of your own life? You could say “I do not know, I cannot know.” But then how? I would choose to say “It’s going to be awesome!”, despite knowing full well that it might very well not be.

BUT then and again, WE are the ones who decide what’s awesome and what’s not. Today I thought I was going to be stuck in camp for two more days because of other people’s mistakes. I decided that it was going to be awesome, that I was going to spend some quality time with myself, going to read, write, play guitar, think, smoke, etc. When I found out I’m going home… “It’s gonna be awesome!”

This is a very interesting place to be in- because as an atheist, I’m actually choosing a position that is based on faith. A bit of faith in the universe, a bit of faith in probabilities and statistics, a bit of faith in myself, and a lot of faith in everything that I’ve been honoured to have had pass through me.

(I realize it’s not a completely coherent step-by-step argument- perhaps I should formulate one- but I trust you know me well enough to connect the links)

Sometimes the only way forward is to take a stab in the dark- logic and hindsight are worth little when you’re on the edge of chaos.