Sonia Abadi: We need to get used to understanding and processing ambiguity. She says we need to adjust subtle nuances and even the most dramatic and unappealable resolutions can be reversed at any time.

The world is no longer linear and each of our movements will contain the seed of the exponential, she says. Abadi is a psychoanalyst doctor and author of Uncharted: How to Navigate the Future, published by Simon & Schuster, £16.99, and available at www.simonandschuster.co.uk/uncharted. For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org for details. In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273-8255 or visit http://www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org/. For confidential. support in the UK, call the helpline on 0800 555 111.