Futurist
Emergent trends, inflection points, and predictions.
@seanwbren
glad to attend this small event in NYC later today.
the organizer has an underwatched youtube channel with incredible guests: https://www.youtube.com/@trajectoryai/featured
expert scientists, philosophers, writers you'll recognize.
The main thought I have is that futurist may be a misnomer now. We need presentism.
society would benefit if more of the ideas and topics discussed are in the cultural zeitgeist.
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@mattgarcia.eth
2035
Trillionaire is the new millionaire.
Quintillionaire, the new billionaire.
Meanwhile, everybody else is an UBI-bitch.
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@hyperion.eth
Whilst fictional, this book presents the most plausible account I’ve read of possible events leading to a war between the USA & China. The role of India as peacemaker and ultimate beneficiary seems particularly prescient:
2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman and James G. Stavridis
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@hyperion.eth
A thread of some of my favourite Futurist quotes:
"“We have no future because our present is too volatile. We have only risk management. The spinning of the given moment's scenarios. Pattern recognition.” ― William Gibson, Pattern Recognition (which I really liked, even it if lacked a resolution)
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@toly
The argument that the probability that there will only be 200b people vs 200t people because you are born around 100b mark isn’t sound.
This model would be tested to all 100b people leading up to now, and would have failed 50b times and have 0 successes. So by that logic this model is a bad predictor.
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@toly
I don’t think Bostrom’s technology urn doomsday argument makes sense as a great filter. A civilization that was one connected organism wouldn’t destroy itself. So the galaxy should be filled with them given that it takes 20m years to populate it using nuclear propulsion.
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@sa
When did we get a Futurist channel? I've been a Futurist keynote speaker since 2011. Excited to follow the channel and meet otheres here interested in futurism!
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@hyperion.eth
Two more canonical Futurist texts, frequently cited in crypto, include:
Howe, N., and Strauss, W. (1992). 'Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069'.
Howe, N., and Strauss, W. (2019). 'The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America's Next Rendezvous with Destiny'.
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@hyperion.eth
Crypto commentators with a futurist bent:
@balajis.eth
@olaf
@avsa
@cdixon.eth
@ricburton
@trustlessstate
@0xstark
@trent
Please add names I have missed
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@hyperion.eth
Another title I somehow neglected to mention:
The Sovereign Individual: Mastering the transition to the information age - James Dale Davidson and Lord Reeg-Mogg
This is one the most commonly cited texts and a personal favourite for Futurists in crypto like myself
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@hyperion.eth
Staring this channel with a selection of books commonly appearing in people's recommended reading lists on this topic:
Sapiens & Homo Deus - Noah Yuval Harari
Generations - William Strauss
The Singularity Is Near & The Singularity is Nearer - Ray Kurtzweil
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