Agree or Disagree, Can we predict?

I'm currently reading a great book The Black Swan The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb. Its making me re-think the way I perceive things, life, and how I see my future aswell as my position as a designer for the future!

I was reading last night and came across a few lines which really made me stop reading or rather pause my reading and think about what I was reading and where I placed myself whithin what had been stated.
I would like to share with you a few lines and see what you make of it: "It is often said that "is wise he who can see things coming."Perhaps the wise one is the one who knows that he cannot see things far away."p163

As a designer you always tend to create for what exists but also what will exist in the future. And always tend to brainstorm on what will be in 20, 50, 60 years so we can adapt our designs. So are we just fooling ourselves or are we eternal dreamers?
And if we are eternal dreamers how do we place our dreams in Nassim Nicholas Taleb's statement?
Please note we consider here the dream to be a projection of a personal desire for the future, furthermore a possible projection of an ideal future, state.