What do Futurists do

[Kaleredar]

They raise, train and breed futures.

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Honda's Asimo robot... 10 years ago:

In general I'd say the concept could still use some work...

[Strawberry]

Kaku is a sell out. Brilliant physicist who wastes time writing about fucking telepathy and telekinesis to rake cash off the gullible.

He's a futurist. That's what futurists do.
Telepathy and telekinesis are possible with enhancements we won't see for hundreds of years.

[Garnier Fructis]

They move into the future at a rate of 1 second per second.

[skitzin]

In a general sense, they are scientists and social scientists who attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future.

Or how they can emerge from the present, whether that of human society in particular or of life on Earth, in general, is trending that way.

In practice, it is people looking at technology trends and trying to predict if a particular technology is going to dominate or not.

[jakeic]

They move into the future at a rate of 1 second per second.

If that were true the seconds would cancel, leaving futurists moving into the future at the rate of 1.

[HumbleDuck]

To me it sounds like a new term for "snake oil salesman".

Kaku is a sell out. Brilliant physicist who wastes time writing about fucking telepathy and telekinesis to rake cash off the gullible.

While he has never been an Einstein level physicist, I do agree that his work on SFT was somewhat fascinating. However I think calling him a physicist these days is a stretch. Conman, pseudoscientist, former physicist, these would be more appropriate titles.

[Mormolyce]

....she keeps cheering on the robot.....


i mean......its a robot....


i dont get it......

Best to get on their good side before they take over.

[Deleted]

Wow this guy:
Michio Kaku (/ˈmiːtʃioʊ ˈkɑːkuː/; born January 24, 1947) is a Japanese American theoretical physicist, futurist, and popularizer of science. He is professor of theoretical physics at the City College of New York and CUNY Graduate Center. Kaku has written several books about physics and related topics, has made frequent appearances on radio, television, and film, and writes online blogs and articles. He has written three New York Times best sellers: Physics of the Impossible (2008), Physics of the Future (2011), and The Future of the Mind (2014). Kaku has hosted several TV specials for the BBC, the Discovery Channel, the History Channel, and the Science Channel.


http://bigthink.com/experts/michiokaku

The New Einstein



So Futurists use what Science is available now.. To predict what Science will be doing in the future.

A Bit like those people saying that AI Artificial Intelligence , will take over everyone's jobs

Not the new Einstein lol

[krl]

They make a living off their wild ideas.

Never trust a futurist with anything serious. Most dabble with pseudo-science, are not engineer and certainly not scientists.
A lot are also con artists looking for funding by gullible investors. Like cold fusion, strange drugs, etc.

[Strawberry]

No. No they are not. They're bullshit marketed to morons.

Can you also tell me which cryptocurrency will go x100 in the next 6 months so I know what to buy right now?

[belfpala]

Can someone please tell me how one becomes a "Futurist"

You do something so that you have money.

Then you lie in bed, thinking.

Edit: at various points of unemployment in my life, I called myself a "Writer." Sounds better than Jobless. Same deal.

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They move into the future at a rate of 1 second per second.

I prefer a rate of 1.1 seconds per second, but it involves moving fast. Not recommended for most people.

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If that were true the seconds would cancel, leaving futurists moving into the future at the rate of 1.

It's a constant in their movement, or maybe I'm talking about My_seconds/Your_seconds. See above.

[Molis]

The Donald is one too.

He saw that in 2016 the Democrats would finally put up a truly beatable candidate by anyone with an (R) next to their name.

[gioderpington]

History shows human behavior to fairly predictable, more than enough to warrant such a job. The title and proposed reverence is pretty cult like though lol

[bluzzfuzz]

a futurist? someone who runs around on hoverboards and robots? the jetsons fanatics?

[Strawberry]

Sug everyone on this forum knows bait when they see it. Yours isn't even amusing enough to bother taking. Sorry but you're no Jaylock. What you are, however, is ignored <3

Run from an argument. Run.

[Dezerte]

They hate the future.

[Youn]

So, what makes a Historian? Someone who studies history. And can intelligently discuss historical trends and facts.

A futurist is someone who studies trends and consequences of those trends. Then looks at current trends and can intelligently guess the direction they are going.

Both of these are very similar people. We study history to not repeat it. We estimate the future to figure out what is best to work on.

So, If I were to say! In 20 years, most pure gas car engines would be gone. This is me simply studying the current trends and stating that things that seem obvious to most people.