1994-09-28|Futurist versus Futurologist versus Forecaster

To the World Future Society

• Does the World Future Society make a clear distinction between a futurist, a futurologist and a forecaster? I saw Marvin Cetron on TV strongly claiming that he is not a futurist but a forecaster. Although I Cocoon and Faithfully eat Popcorn, I tend to think that the astrologist friend of Nancy Reagan's can make predictions and forecasts pretty well :-) As for me, I would rather be making the future by inventions and innovations.

• Just passing someone else's view of various kinds of "futurist".

  >             +------------+
  >             | optimists  |
  >             +-----+------+
  >                   |
  >          analysts | visionaries
  >                   |
  >   +--------+      |       +--------+
  >   | past   +------+-------+ future |
  >   +--------+      |       +--------+
  >                   |
  > moldly strawberry | forecasters
  >                   |
  >             +-----+------+
  >             | pessimists |
  >             +------------+
  

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