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    Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 20 Mar 2017

    If I said, "I'm a futurist. My job is to tell people what I think the future might be like." Do you basically get what that means?

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      2. Carol Brands‏ @CSBrands 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @avantgame

        I'm worried that your Twitter audience may not be representative of your Ted audience.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @CSBrands

        yeah but i figured if they said no then I DEFINITELY need to explain. if they say yes, it's not definitive :)

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      2. Tim Letscher‏ @let5ch 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @avantgame

        what about, my job is to help people imagine what the future might be like? nobody likes to be ‘told’ anything ;-)

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @let5ch

        what valuable feedback! Thank you Tim. I'll take it.

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      2. Jarrett Walker‏Verified account @humantransit 20 Mar 2017
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        That description doesn't separate you from the ranters. Describe the job as studying and thinking about future.

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @humantransit

        I'm not ashamed of the term futurist. Futures thinking is a powerful skill and everyone can be one.

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      2. Luke Dicken‏Verified account @LukeD 20 Mar 2017
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        I personally would avoid the term cos it’s imo one step away from “snake oil sales” but sure :)

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      3. Jane McGonigal‏Verified account @avantgame 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @LukeD

        Well you are the perfect audience for this talk because that is an old idea of what a futurist is. Hope you get to see it! :D

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      4. Luke Dicken‏Verified account @LukeD 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @avantgame

        me too then! :)

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      2. Madeline Ashby‏ @MadelineAshby 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @avantgame @faris

        If you said "My job is tell you what some possible futures might be like," then sure.

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      3. Faris‏Verified account @faris 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @MadelineAshby @avantgame

        yes, scenario mapping, possibilities. Here is a film I wrote in 2007 showing some future https://youtu.be/DhZBn-l4Xvo 

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      4. Madeline Ashby‏ @MadelineAshby 20 Mar 2017
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        Oh, I know. It's what I'm teaching @OCADU_SFI and what I do aside from science fiction writing. Best job in the world.

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      5. Faris‏Verified account @faris 20 Mar 2017
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        sounds awesome - sci-fi invents the future by showing us ideas to build http://farisyakob.typepad.com/blog/2007/07/inventing-the-f.html …

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      1. Megging‏ @megging 20 Mar 2017
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        I think I'm cheating because I have read your writing and looked into @iftf but I would probably want an explanation otherwise.

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      1. Nate McGonigal‏ @NateMcGonigal 20 Mar 2017
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        yes actually

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      1. Spooky Jan Jan  👻‏ @LittleDovah 21 Mar 2017
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        I like the pitch! My follow up would be "the future of what, exactly?" Unless...wait a minute, that's the point, isn't it? :D

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      1. Nick Frye‏ @nick_frye 21 Mar 2017
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        as someone who has read many, many Iron Man comics... yes, I get this

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      1. Raul Aliaga-Diaz‏ @raliaga 21 Mar 2017
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        my favourite analogy is “reverse historian”

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      1. Vic Houghton  🇬🇷 🇬🇧 🇮🇪‏ @VicHoon 21 Mar 2017
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        Part of my job too but the people around me would just take the piss if I called myself that.

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      2. IEBC‏ @ingenesist 20 Mar 2017
        Replying to @avantgame

        I'm an engineer - I tell people how that future building, bridge, computer, or airplane will perform.

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      3. IEBC‏ @ingenesist 20 Mar 2017
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        elaborate on the scientific aspect of it.

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