Futurist
noun
Someone who predicts future developments or trends, often specifically in technology or society.
The futurist predicted that in ten years, everyone will have a self-driving car.
Often appears as...
- futurist predictions
- futurist technology
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Academic
noun
An artist or writer associated with the futurism artistic and social movement in early 20th-century Italy.
He choose to study the works of futurists for his art project.
Often appears as...
- futurist painting
- futurist sculpture
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Artistic
adjective
Relates to the conception of the future or the art and science of anticipating the future.
He enjoys studying futurist science and learning about upcoming tech innovations.
Often appears as...
- futurist design
- futurist thinking
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Academic
noun
Someone who predicts future developments or trends, often specifically in technology or society.
The futurist predicted that in ten years, everyone will have a self-driving car.
Often appears as...
- futurist predictions
- futurist technology
Usage tips
Academic
noun
An artist or writer associated with the futurism artistic and social movement in early 20th-century Italy.
He choose to study the works of futurists for his art project.
Often appears as...
- futurist painting
- futurist sculpture
Usage tips
Artistic
adjective
Relates to the conception of the future or the art and science of anticipating the future.
He enjoys studying futurist science and learning about upcoming tech innovations.
Often appears as...
- futurist design
- futurist thinking
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Tech/Society Focus
Primarily used to describe someone envisioning future tech or societal changes, not just any predictions.
The futurist gave a talk on the societal impact of artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Unlike astrologers who predict based on stars, futurists use data and trends.
He's a futurist, his forecasts are based on statistics, not horoscopes.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession or Hobby
Can refer to both professionals and enthusiasts who speculate about the future.
As a hobby, she's a futurist, always tracking the next big tech wave.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech/Society Focus
Primarily used to describe someone envisioning future tech or societal changes, not just any predictions.
The futurist gave a talk on the societal impact of artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Unlike astrologers who predict based on stars, futurists use data and trends.
He's a futurist, his forecasts are based on statistics, not horoscopes.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession or Hobby
Can refer to both professionals and enthusiasts who speculate about the future.
As a hobby, she's a futurist, always tracking the next big tech wave.
Pro Tip 1/3Tech/Society Focus
Primarily used to describe someone envisioning future tech or societal changes, not just any predictions.
The futurist gave a talk on the societal impact of artificial intelligence.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Astrology
Unlike astrologers who predict based on stars, futurists use data and trends.
He's a futurist, his forecasts are based on statistics, not horoscopes.
Pro Tip 3/3Profession or Hobby
Can refer to both professionals and enthusiasts who speculate about the future.
As a hobby, she's a futurist, always tracking the next big tech wave.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
use if you were to put on your futurist hat and roll the clock forward I don't know it's a twenty years when all the good thinking that you're introducing to the world and others are it plays out what does education look like then does it happen mainly in homes is it still happen in schools with teachers and classrooms how does it happen do you
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What is Technological...
like a runaway train builds on itself and the Terminator scenario is that this artificially artificial intelligence this algorithm is going to wake up it's going to achieve symptoms and it's going to turn on us but that's I think an erroneous way of looking at it some of the more optimistic futurists in Silicon
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Yuval Noah Harari...
this is the podcast series where i sit down with a ted speaker and we get to dive much deeper into their ideas than was possible during their ted talk my guest this episode is yuval harari he's a historian and a futurist and his books have wowed so many people because of the sweeping way in which they
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Neil on Back to the...
something like a hoverboard I think science fiction at its best will have such a tantalizing idea that's just out of reach of your technology that you will stimulate research of people who want to create that future that had just been imagined what futurists tend to get
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How science fiction can...
One way futurists arrive at their predictions is by analyzing movements and trends in society, and charting the paths they are likely to follow into the future with varying degrees of probability. Their work informs the decisions of policymakers and world leaders,
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Ernesto Sirolli: Want to...
for the green revolution? Universities? Forget about it! Government? Forget about it! It will be entrepreneurs, and they're doing it now. There's a lovely story that I read in a futurist magazine many, many years ago. There was a group of experts who were invited
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How to be "Team Human"...
The tech magazines told us a tsunami was coming. And only the investors who hired the best scenario-planners and futurists would be able to survive the wave. And so the future changed from this thing we create together in the present
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How we can turn the tide...
First, a word from one of the many great minds who will be accompanying us on this journey. A message from the great author, historian and futurist Yuval Harari. Yuval Climate change is about inequality.
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Mosquitos, malaria and...
now we put a lot of money into education and I really think that education is the most important thing to get right for the country to have as strong a futurist should have fact we have in the stimulus
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How to deconstruct...
My mom just wanted me to have difficulty boarding planes in the 21st century. She foresaw America's turn toward nativism. She was a black futurist. Thurston is a British name, but we are not British.
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The Khan Academy PIPE...
use if you were to put on your futurist hat and roll the clock forward I don't know it's a twenty years when all the good thinking that you're introducing to the world and others are it plays out what does education look like then does it happen mainly in homes is it still happen in schools with teachers and classrooms how does it happen do you
Video examples
What is Technological...
like a runaway train builds on itself and the Terminator scenario is that this artificially artificial intelligence this algorithm is going to wake up it's going to achieve symptoms and it's going to turn on us but that's I think an erroneous way of looking at it some of the more optimistic futurists in Silicon
Video examples
Yuval Noah Harari...
this is the podcast series where i sit down with a ted speaker and we get to dive much deeper into their ideas than was possible during their ted talk my guest this episode is yuval harari he's a historian and a futurist and his books have wowed so many people because of the sweeping way in which they
Video examples
Neil on Back to the...
something like a hoverboard I think science fiction at its best will have such a tantalizing idea that's just out of reach of your technology that you will stimulate research of people who want to create that future that had just been imagined what futurists tend to get
Video examples
How science fiction can...
One way futurists arrive at their predictions is by analyzing movements and trends in society, and charting the paths they are likely to follow into the future with varying degrees of probability. Their work informs the decisions of policymakers and world leaders,
Video examples
Ernesto Sirolli: Want to...
for the green revolution? Universities? Forget about it! Government? Forget about it! It will be entrepreneurs, and they're doing it now. There's a lovely story that I read in a futurist magazine many, many years ago. There was a group of experts who were invited
Video examples
How to be "Team Human"...
The tech magazines told us a tsunami was coming. And only the investors who hired the best scenario-planners and futurists would be able to survive the wave. And so the future changed from this thing we create together in the present
Video examples
How we can turn the tide...
First, a word from one of the many great minds who will be accompanying us on this journey. A message from the great author, historian and futurist Yuval Harari. Yuval Climate change is about inequality.
Video examples
Mosquitos, malaria and...
now we put a lot of money into education and I really think that education is the most important thing to get right for the country to have as strong a futurist should have fact we have in the stimulus
Video examples
How to deconstruct...
My mom just wanted me to have difficulty boarding planes in the 21st century. She foresaw America's turn toward nativism. She was a black futurist. Thurston is a British name, but we are not British.
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Quote examples
Kevin Kelly
American Editor
This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.
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Adena Friedman
American Businesswoman
One of the things I liked about the movie 'Minority Report' was they used a lot of futurists as consultants to really try to understand what the world really would be like in 50 years.
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Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research and brainstorming during a foresight exercise.
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Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.
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Erwin McManus
American Author
I've worked in the business world and, as a futurist, the whole 20 years that I've led at Mosaic.
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Nicolas Ghesquiere
French Designer
People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.
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Dick Wolf
American Producer
I hardly see myself as a futurist.
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Brian Reitzell
American Musician
I love futurist music.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I'm not a futurist.
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Hal Sparks
American Actor
I'm a futurist.
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Kevin Kelly
American Editor
This is actually a very important principle that science is learning about large systems like evolution and that futurists are learning about anticipating human society: just because a future scenario is plausible doesn't mean we can get there from here.
Quote examples
Adena Friedman
American Businesswoman
One of the things I liked about the movie 'Minority Report' was they used a lot of futurists as consultants to really try to understand what the world really would be like in 50 years.
Quote examples
Jamais Cascio
American Writer
Many futurists use a checklist approach to make sure they're covering a sufficiently wide set of topics in terms of both research and brainstorming during a foresight exercise.
Quote examples
Ray Kurzweil
American Inventor
Science fiction is the great opportunity to speculate on what could happen. It does give me, as a futurist, scenarios.
Quote examples
Erwin McManus
American Author
I've worked in the business world and, as a futurist, the whole 20 years that I've led at Mosaic.
Quote examples
Nicolas Ghesquiere
French Designer
People used to define me as a futurist designer, but, you know, the future is now for me.
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Dick Wolf
American Producer
I hardly see myself as a futurist.
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Brian Reitzell
American Musician
I love futurist music.
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Ray Bradbury
American Writer
I'm not a futurist.
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Hal Sparks
American Actor
I'm a futurist.
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