Show Me the Money – Futurology
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FUTUROLOGISTS
FIRST POSTED ON DECEMBER 2009
List of futurologists
| Name | Birth | Death | Field | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvin Toffler | 1928 | living | technological singularity | alvin + heidi toffler {futurists} |
| Archibald Low | 1888 | 1956 | space | |
| Arthur C. Clarke | 1917 | 2008 | writer | The Arthur C. Clarke Foundation |
| Arthur Harkins | living | innovation studies | Arthur Harkins | |
| Bertrand de Jouvenel | 1903 | 1987 | economist | Nature 0f Future |
| < Bill Joy | 1954 | living | technology dangers | |
| Buckminster Fuller | 1895 | 1983 | architect, cosmologist | Who is Buckminster Fuller? |
| Clem Bezold | living | healthcare | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Danila Medvedev | 1980 | living | transhumanist | Danila Medvedev |
| Gerald Celente | living | Trend Research | Gerald Celente’s Trends Research Institute | |
| Dandridge M. Cole | 1921 | 1965 | space colonisation | Dandridge M. Cole (my grand-hero-pa) |
| David H. Holtzman | living | technology | David H. Holtzman | |
| Deane Hutton | living | communicator | Deane Hutton | |
| Dennis Gabor | 1900 | 1979 | holography | Dennis Gabor – Autobiography |
| Douglas Engelbart | 1925 | living | hypertext, mouse | Douglas Engelbart |
| Dirk HR Spennemann | living | space heritage | Cultural Heritage Management | |
| Faith Popcorn | 1948 | living | popcorn report | Faith Popcorn’s BrainReserve |
| FM-2030 | 1930 | 2000 | transhumanist | FM2030 Access |
| Freeman Dyson | 1923 | living | nuclear engineering, disarmament | Freeman J. Dyson’s Homepage |
| Fred Polak | 1907 | 1985 | social studies | |
| Gaston Berger | 1896 | 1960 | ||
| George Dvorsky | living | transhumanist | Sentient Developments | |
| George Gilder | 1939 | living | society | Gilder Telecosm Forum |
| George Orwell | 1903 | 1950 | writer | George Orwell – Complete works |
| Gerard K. O’Neill | 1927 | 1992 | space colonization | Life of Gerard K. O’Neill |
| Grace Hopper | 1906 | 1992 | women in computing | We Build a Better World |
| Hans Moravec | 1948 | living | Hans Moravec home page | |
| Harlan Cleveland | 1918 | 2008 | diplomacy | The Late Harlan Cleveland on Leadership |
| Herman Kahn | 1922 | 1983 | military strategist | Hudson Institute > Herman Kahn |
| Hugo de Garis | 1947 | living | AI | Prof. Dr. Hugo de Garis |
| Jacque Fresco | 1916 | living | architect, resource economics | The Venus Project Future by Design |
| Jamais Cascio | living | ethics | Open the Future | |
| James Hughes | living | ethics | Dr. J. Hughes | |
| James Lovelock | 1919 | living | environmentalist | James LOVELOCK’s web site |
| Jennifer M. Gidley | living | psychologist, educator | President, World Futures Studies Federation | |
| Jerry Fishenden | living | Microsoft future | Jerry Fishenden | |
| Jean Fourastié | 1907 | 1990 | economist | Site Jean Fourastie |
| Jerome C. Glenn | living | futures wheel | ||
| Jim Dator | living | politics | Papers by Jim Dator | |
| Joanne Pransky | living | World’s First Robotic Psychiatrist | ||
| Joël de Rosnay | 1937 | living | molecular biology | |
| John Naisbitt | 1929 | living | megatrends | John Naisbitt |
| John Smart | 1960 | living | acceleration | John Smart Bio |
| Kevin Warwick | 1954 | living | Kevin Warwick – Home Page | |
| Lidewij Edelkoort | 1950 | living | fashion | Edelkoort |
| Magda Cordell McHale | 1921 | 2008 | painter, educator | |
| Marsha Rhea | living | boomers | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Mahdi ElMandjra | 1933 | living | economist, sociologist | Site mahdi elmandjra |
| Marshall Brain | 1961 | living | MarshallBrain.com | |
| Marshall McLuhan | 1911 | 1980 | communications | The Official Site of Marshall McLuhan |
| Matthew Simmons | living | peak oil | Simmons & Company International | |
| Meredith Thring | 1915 | 2006 | inventor | |
| 1915 | 1969 | social studies | ||
| Michael Crichton | 1942 | 2008 | Jurassic Park | MichaelCrichton.com |
| Michael E. Arth | 1953 | living | urban design | Michael E. Arth |
| Michio Kaku | 1947 | living | string field theory | Explorations in Science |
| Nicholas Negroponte | 1943 | living | OLPC | Nicholas Negroponte |
| Orrin H. Pilkey | living | crique of environmentalists | Nicholas School Faculty | |
| Patricia Aburdene | living | conscious capitalism | Patricia Aburdene – Mega Trends | |
| Peter Schwartz | 1946 | living | China, Climate Change, Business, Technology | Global Business Network |
| Renzo Provinciali | living | sustainability | ||
| Patrick Dixon | 1957 | living | business | Global Change |
| Peter C. Bishop | 1944 | living | Educator – Strategic Foresight | University of Houston |
| Peter Cochrane | 1946 | living | engineering | Peter Cochrane |
| Peter Newman | living | sustainability | ||
| Peter Russell | 1946 | living | consciousness | Spirit of Now |
| Ray Kurzweil | 1948 | living | AI, transhumanism, technological singularity | Kurzweil Technologies KurzweilAI.net |
| Raymond Spencer Rodgers | 1935 | 2007 | telesphere, food-chain | |
| Renzo Provinciali | 1895 | 1981 | anarchist | |
| Richard C. Duncan | living | peak oil | Minnesotans For Sustainability | |
| Richard Moran | 1950 | living | social scientist | |
| Richard Neville | 1941 | living | fearmonger | |
| Richard Slaughter | living | sociologist | Foresight International | |
| Robert A. Heinlein | 1907 | 1988 | writer | Heinlein Society |
| Robert Anton Wilson | 1932 | 2007 | psychonaut | Who “is” Robert Anton Wilson? |
| Robert Jungk | 1913 | 1994 | journalist | |
| Sohail Inayatullah | 1958 | living | political scientist | Metafuture.org |
| Stanisław Lem | 1921 | 2006 | writer | Official site for the author Stanislaw Lem |
| Stephen Euin Cobb | 1955 | living | transhumanist | Stephen Euin Cobb’s |
| Stewart Brand | 1938 | living | critical thinker and innovator | Stewart Brand |
| Theodore Modis | 1943 | living | business, physics | |
| Vannevar Bush | 1890 | 1974 | analog computing | Vannevar Bush |
| W. Warren Wagar | 1932 | 2004 | historian | Futurist W. Warren Wagar Dies |
| Walter De Brouwer | 1957 | living | OLPC | Walter de Brouwer Biography |
| Wayne Horkan | 1970 | living | transhumanist | Wayne Horkan’s weblog: eclectic |
| William Gilpin | 1813 | 1894 | politician | William Gilpin |
| William Rowley | living | healthcare | Institute for Alternative Futures | |
| Jason Ling | 1975 | living | Social Networking, New Media Technologies and Mobile Technologies | |
| Phil Salin | 1949 | 1991 | cyberspace and the Internet | Salon.com |
| Founder | living | futurepredictions.com |
WIKIPEDIDA’S LIST OF FUTUREOLOGISTS
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I wrote an article concerning the work of Danridge M Cole on the Discovery Enterprise blog back on Wednesday, August 8, 2007 which may interest you.
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