Part IV

Preparing for what comes next

Educators and librarians have to make decisions before the future is settled. That does not require pretending we know what will happen. It requires noticing assumptions, considering more than one outcome, and choosing actions that remain useful across different possibilities.

This final section returns to the question that runs through the book. If the tools keep expanding what we can make, how do we decide what is worth making? Perhaps the next step is a project. Perhaps it is a better question or a conversation with someone whose needs we have not yet understood.