What If We're Imagining the Future Too Narrowly? | Liu Peiheng | TEDxOCAHS Youth

For a long time, Peiheng Liu imagined the future the way many students are taught to: as something to be prepared for early, strategically, and competitively. The right major, the right college, the right path ahead. But he has started to wonder whether that mindset is already narrowing the future before it even arrives. We often picture the future as faster, smarter, and more efficient, yet rarely stop to ask whether it is becoming more meaningful, more reflective, or more deeply human. In this talk, Peiheng explores how his generation has learned to imagine the future, why that imagination may be more limited than we realize, and what we risk overlooking because of it. If the future is shaped not only by what we create, but by what we learn to value, then perhaps reimagining the future begins there. An International school student from OCAHS international Academy. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx