Here, Derrida distinguishes the usual notion of a predictable, stable, 'safe' future from that of 'l'avenir' - an unpredictable future ushering in the 'unexpected arrival of the Other' ... the latter, reflecting at least some of Nietzsche and the later Heidegger, is, for him, preferable to the usual, 'everyday' notion often hostile to change, transformation ...
