Sun Tzu's first and foremost advice in Art of War is foreknowledge is forewarned. Advance knowledge can be your most powerful ally. This has always been my shtick. We are taught this even as kids. "Be Prepared" is a phrase to look to the future. Some of us see the future better than others. But that is only half the equation. What you do with foreknowledge is your decision.

Predictions flow in non linear ways contrary to our cultural concept of time. It may come from inductive or deductive thinking and even stranger means.