The August 2056 issue of TIME Magazine includes this feature story on how the systems sciences have helped shape the world over the past half century. The content is drawn from a backcasting experience Tomorrow Makers designed and facilitated with the ISSS in July 2006. The title of the article, "The future is rational only in hindsight", is one of 14 design axioms originally coined by Gail and her husband and partner, Matt, in 1981.

In the course of a moment, forces collide and the story suddenly, irrevocably changes, sending us in new directions. These moments can be anticipated or they can be thrust upon us. Wanted or not, they are opportunities to step up to better choices. These are Watershed Moments.