ABSTRACT
A main finding of this book is that central minds of governments find themselves increasingly in aporie, in the earlier explained sense of being in situations with no way out. Adversities pose challenges beyond the capacity of present policymaking process-systems and also beyond the capacity of societal problem-handling processes. While catastrophe is not a high-probability result of present and foreseen aporie, costs in terms of contempo rary values can be very high. Therefore, policymaking improvement is a main need. Without policymaking improvement adversities will not neces sarily become worse, for they may dissipate without the benefits of human invention because of their internal dynamics or other societal processes. But, within the world of inquiry of this book, policymaking improvement and, especially, upgrading of central policymaking process-systems, emerge as one of the better bets in human endeavors to influence futures in desired directions through collective deliberate interventions.
