No going back

Forget the future; that’s all in the past now. Referring to it just makes you look like a dinosaur and so out of touch that you’re unaware how the world has moved on. Smart people wouldn’t dream of using this F word, not when they can talk instead of “going forward.”

This pesky phrase is everywhere, and its appeal is obvious. No longer is it the preserve of people who converse entirely in marketing speak and who believe, for example, that thinking can’t …