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January 29, 2004

Sterling on futurists

Real futurists have children. - Bruce Sterling

In an interview a few years ago, he said that and something along the lines of most futurists get ideas that start inside their heads, stay inside their heads and never get challenged by outside reality. As any parent can tell you, children challenge your concepts of reality, parenting and certainly what the future will be.

This is especially true in terms of your out of the gate expectations you had for your children compared to the eventual future they unfold. As I have no kids, I do question how good of a futurist I can really be. Then again, having some distance provides some perspective. It's one thing to listen to people like me, but check with your friends and check with your kids. The real future is somewhere in all of those conversations.

Posted by dmzach

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