The speaker says that in some cases, people can try to shift the future toward better outcomes after first attempting to predict it accurately.

“much they are and i think that's to a first approximation we should focus on accurately predicting the future um and then in some cases we'll find it in a situation where we can steer the future but if you if you if you come at it trying to steer the future you're going to get all muddled and you're going to basically fall to wishful wishful thinking um basically so i think you start with just trying to accurately predict the future and then you try to shift it towards the better futures and i think that's what we're doing”