Futurist refers to type of person who design or imagine how the future will look like. Based on the research I found yesterday, It classified as 12 sub-types of futurist!
I have no interest on what are the categories but how to think like them!
Well, I do not have the exact methods to train, but I propose my method as a reference. Please do not accuse me if this not work for you. What I do hope is, we share and grow together.
- Think live in Sci-Fi
Sci-Fi movies or novels inspired many innovation, such as Tablet and Google Glass! See http://www.techdigest.tv/2014/06/how_star_trek_predicted_the_future.html
This type of thinking is based on the bright side of future and pre-suppose the future must be better than current day. If so, try to view things in sci-fi. For instance, how the future phone looks like? Besides for communication, could it be resolve hunger issue?
- Never say enough
Many people may easily satisfy on one thing once it got improve. But not for the futurist!
- The change of environment
When we look back in history, it was something happened during that time to stimulate or become catalyst for something to happened. For instance, the rise of communism is because of the inequality between workers and capitalist!
Hence, we can imagine something what will happen in the next 5 years and think about what are the proper tools for that future.
- Top up our thinking dimension
Due to the human construct, we are living in the 3D world, but what if we living in 4D or 5D? Could we become even much unique in thinking? I have my own opinion on how to top up our thinking dimension, but maybe in the later post.
- Reading and concerns about world progress
Learning is always important for making new prediction or new direction. If I can see the potential about blockchain earlier, maybe today I'm one of the Bitcoin millionaire! If I do concerns more about world progress, it gives me more inspiration to deduct how the future will looks like.
Yesterday an article interests me, saying in China using blockchain to manage the grow, environment and selling of chicken farm. From this, I speculate future our government may using blockchain to gives us full time surveillance!
This morning I get an idea that we can store anything in blockchain, only if 3D printing can resolve the food issue. It can print anything that we want, theoretically!
- Create you own
This is the most easiest and most difficult! The most difficult is because you need to execute it; the easiest is because it follows what you imagine! The best person for example is Elon Musk! Whatever he predict are the things he is doing now!
The best prediction of the future is the one you created!
These are the methods I can provide at the moment. We need more futurist as we can march to a brighter future together! Hence, If you do have more methods which can help in think like a futurist, please do not hesitate to leave a comment below.