You are helping me figure out if in a very short TED talk I need to take a minute to explain what I do or if I can just say "I'm a futurist"
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Replying to @avantgame
yes, and explain as well to people what the future is, because most do not understand it, hence predictions (future != facts).
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Replying to @heathervescent
yes that's what the talk is about actually! there are no facts about teh future.
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Replying to @avantgame
also, I hope this isn't an inappropriate question, but do you have formal training in foresight? Like a degree?
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Replying to @heathervescent
I don't! But I work w/folks who do, + I've been lucky to be trained
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Replying to @avantgame
OK. I hope you can educate all those TED folks what a real professionally educated futurist does, & not just
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I teach formal futures methods at Stanford so the "real trained ones" may be learning from me lol.
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