I'm worried that your Twitter audience may not be representative of your Ted audience.
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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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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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what valuable feedback! Thank you Tim. I'll take it.
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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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I'm not ashamed of the term futurist. Futures thinking is a powerful skill and everyone can be one.
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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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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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me too then! :)
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If you said "My job is tell you what some possible futures might be like," then sure.
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yes, scenario mapping, possibilities. Here is a film I wrote in 2007 showing some future https://youtu.be/DhZBn-l4Xvo
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Oh, I know. It's what I'm teaching
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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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I think I'm cheating because I have read your writing and looked into
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yes actually
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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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as someone who has read many, many Iron Man comics... yes, I get this
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my favourite analogy is “reverse historian”
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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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I'm an engineer - I tell people how that future building, bridge, computer, or airplane will perform.
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elaborate on the scientific aspect of it.
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