How to be a Futurist

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1. Call yourself a futurist
2. Don’t comb your hair
3. Grow a beard (grey is ideal)
4. Wear glasses (even if you don’t need them)
5. Change your name to something really wacky
6. Write a book (or otherwise claim expert status)
7. Make a wild prediction set in the very distant future
8. Avoid any form of detail or explanation
9. Specialise in simplistic sound bites (Twitter is ideal)
10. Try not to be a woman

4 thoughts on “How to be a Futurist

  1. Damn! I’m already out of the running. Can’t grow a beard and can’t afford the sex change operation!

  2. There aren’t very many. Susan Oliver would be the key one in Oz. I have come across quite a few in the US but in the UK I can’t think of anyone. The World Future Society would help you out in the US.

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