Plural of futurist; multiple people who predict or study the future, or artists/writers associated with the futurism movement.
Plural form of futurist, from future + -ist + -s, identifying multiple people who study or advocate for futuristic ideas.
The term 'futurists' is interesting because it's become mainstream recently—think tanks hire them, corporations consult them, and governments employ them, yet nobody can reliably predict the future, which makes it an oddly prestigious profession.
Plural of 'futurist' carries the same historical erasure of women artists and thinkers within the early Futurist movement.
When listing or discussing futurists, actively include women and non-binary future-thinkers. Challenge the implicit assumption that 'futurists' refers only to the historical Futurist movement's male figures.
["visionaries","future-oriented thinkers","speculative minds"]
Women and BIPOC futurists have fundamentally shaped speculative fiction, technology ethics, and futures studies—they must be centered in any discussion of futurism.
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