futurist
noun
fu·tur·ist
ˈfyü-chə-rist 
1
: one who studies and predicts the future especially on the basis of current trends
2
: one who advocates or practices futurism
futurist
adjective
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economic futurists predict a new world order in which information is the resource that drives a nation's economy
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Koray Köse is a supply chain expert, tech futurist, author, former Gartner analyst and CEO & Founder of KŌSE ADVISORY.
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Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the 2009 documentary Transcendent Man, the American inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil shares his thoughts on death.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
By contrast, contemporary techno-futurists like Musk lead powerful multinational corporations that influence economies and cultures across the globe.
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Kurzweil is Google’s chief futurist, a transhumanist who also predicted that humans could achieve immortality by 2030.
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Koray Köse, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
In the 2009 documentary Transcendent Man, the American inventor and futurist Ray Kurzweil shares his thoughts on death.
—Tim Brinkhof, Big Think, 12 Sep. 2025
By contrast, contemporary techno-futurists like Musk lead powerful multinational corporations that influence economies and cultures across the globe.
—Sonja Fritzsche, The Conversation, 9 Sep. 2025
Kurzweil is Google’s chief futurist, a transhumanist who also predicted that humans could achieve immortality by 2030.
—Daniel Birnbaum, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2025
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“Futurist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/futurist. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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futurist
noun
fu·tur·ist
ˈfyü-chə-rəst
: a person who tries to tell what the future will be like by studying current trends
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