It may be said that one important goal of historical scholarship in society is to foster a historical consciousness that places past, present, and future processes into a joint perspective, appreciating not only specific differences but also long-term trajectories of development. A subtle awareness of change over time can inform how we all, as human beings alive today, perceive the unique conditions in our present and thus how we act and make the future (Rüsen 2004). Accordingly, historians are well versed in studying and representing conditions and processes of the past. This is all the more important when debates in contemporary society seem all too short-sighted and one-dimensional. However, when it comes to the future, historical expertise, and not least the historians’ willingness to offer long-term perspectives, quickly comes to a halt. Although there are studies of past futures (e.g., Hölscher 1999), our own future largely remains an unexplored territory that has escaped all but the most minimal attention and conceptualization by historically minded scholars. In particular, there is a general lack of detailed periodization and differentiation of the many ages of history that still lie ahead of us. This is strange, because past and future are directly connected in the period we know best: the present.