Personally, I always think I can change the future from past trends.
Strictly speaking, it is logically impossible to change the future, but of course that insight has no practical consequences.

I always hate it when people say that I won't do something because I haven't done it yet, or that I'll never get to it because I haven't gotten to it in the past, or that I won't succeed at something because I haven't succeeded at it before. Despite all the past data, I always hold out hope...
We are exactly alike in this, Jonathan. That we can't change the future does not put any limitations on our freedom. If it is true that you will succeed at something, it will happen. But you don't change the future by succeeding. You meet your destiny.