"Futurology" as a term was coined in the twentieth century. What counts under that term has changed over time; as such, this list is a jumble, and is intended to be suggestive, not definitive. Notable futurologists include: Name Birth Death Field or notable accomplishment Abishur Prakash 1991 living geopolitical futurist, author Adrian Berry 1937 2016 writer, journalist Alan Marshall 1975 living academic, environmentalist, social scientist, writer Aldous Huxley 1894 1963 writer of Brave New World, psychedelic prophet Alvin & Heidi Toffler 1928/1929 2016/2019 wrote Future Shock, and sequels, technological singularity Anders Sandberg1972livinghuman enhancementAnders Sörman-Nilsson1981livingdigital transformation Andrey Korotayev 1961 living mathematical modeling of global future Archibald Low 1888 1956 space Arthur C. Clarke 1917 2008 writer Ash Koosha1985livingFuturist Composer and Producer Ashis Nandy1937livingwriter on colonialismBen Goertzel1966livingartificial general intelligence researcher, OpenCog Bertrand de Jouvenel 1903 1987 economist Bill Joy 1954 living UNIX, technology dangers Jonathan Brill 1967 living futurist, author, inventor Bruce Sterling 1954 living living design, information technology Buckminster Fuller 1895 1983 architect, cosmologist, whole-systems thinker, designer/inventor Carl Sagan 1934 1996 astronomer Clement Bezold 1948 living healthcare Dandridge M. Cole 1921 1965 space colonization Daniel Bell 1919 2011"Post-Industrial Society" Daniel Burrus 1947 living futurist, business advisor, author Darla Jane Gilroy living futurist, trendspotting David Passig 1957 living anticipatory anthropology Deane Hutton 1941 living communicator Dennis Gabor 1900 1979 holography Dirk HR Spennemann living space heritage Donald Prell 1924 2020 venture capital, strategic foresight, technological singularity Donella Meadows 1941 2001 systems thinking, leverage points, sustainability Douglas Engelbart 1925 2013 hypertext, mouse, interactive computing Douglas Rushkoff 1961 living media theorist, writer, columnist, lecturer, graphic novelist, and documentarian, early cyberpunk culture, open source Fabienne Goux-Baudiment 1960 living strategic foresight Edward Bellamy 1850 1898 wrote Looking Backward: 2000–1887 , a utopia about the future year 2000, economic reorganizationEliezer Yudkowsky1979livingfriendly artificial intelligence Erich Jantsch 1929 1980 book The Self-Organizing Universe: Scientific and Human Implications of the Emerging Paradigm of Evolution Faith Popcorn 1948 living popcorn report FM-2030 1930 2000 transhumanist, essayist Fred Polak 1907 1985 social studies, wrote The Image of the Future Freeman Dyson 1923 2020 nuclear engineering, disarmament advocate, ideas of Dyson sphere, nuclear space-flight Gaston Berger 1896 1960 cognitive science Gene Roddenberry 1921 1991 creator of the Star Trek franchise. Genevieve Bell1968livingcultural anthropologist and technologist George Dvorsky 1970 living transhumanist George Friedman 1949 living geopolitics George Gilder 1939 living society George Orwell 1903 1950 writer (wrote 1984) Gerald Celente 1946 living trend forecaster Gerard K. O'Neill 1927 1992 envisioned space colonization Gianroberto Casaleggio 1954 2016 politics, internet Grace Hopper 1906 1992 women in computing, COBOL H. G. Wells 1866 1946 writer, historian, among the first to think of himself as a futurist Hans Moravec 1948 living robotics, AI Harlan Cleveland 1918 2008 diplomacy Hazel Henderson 1933 2022 cooperative economics Heiko Andreas von der Gracht1978livingeducator, strategic foresight Herman Kahn 1922 1983 military strategist, econo-technical predictions Hugo de Garis 1947 living AI Hugo Gernsback 1884 1967 invented the term "science fiction", wrote the novel Ralph 124C 41+, started science fiction magazines. After him the Hugo Awards are named. Isaac Arthur 1980 living Long term future of the space industry and colonization, physicist, YouTube personality Isaac Asimov 1920 1992 writer of science and science fiction, created the Three Laws of Robotics. Jacque Fresco 1916 2017 architect, resource economics, model maker, envisioned of cornucopian world James Hughes 1961 living ethics James Lovelock 1919 2022 environmentalist, Gaia hypothesis, Global warming theorist Jean Fourastié 1907 1990 economist John McHale 1922 1978 artist, sociologist Jeremy Rifkin 1945 living economist, science and tech. critic of various sorts, writer Jerry Fishenden living Microsoft future Jim Dator living politics Joanne Pransky 1959 2023 robotics Joël de Rosnay 1937 living molecular biology John Michael Godier living author, science communicator, futurist, YouTube personality John Naisbitt 1929 2021 wrote Megatrends José Luis Cordeiro 1962 living engineer, economist, and author of La Muerte de la Muerte Jules Verne 1828 1905 previsioned aviation, spaceflight, submarine travel Karel Čapek 1890 1938 fiction writer who invented the word robot Karl Marx 1818 1883 predicted societal and economic development on the basis of dialectical materialism Kevin Kelly 1952 living founding executive editor of Wired magazine and author of multiple futurology books Kevin Warwick 1954 living robotics Kim Stanley Robinson 1952 living novelist known for Mars Trilogy, 2312 (novel), Aurora (novel), and the forthcoming 'New York, 2140' Krafft Arnold Ehricke 1917 1984 space colonization Leonardo da Vinci 1452 1519 engineer, inventor, scientist Lidewij Edelkoort 1950 living fashion M. G. Gordon 1915 1969 social studies Magda Cordell McHale 1921 2008 painter, educator Mahdi Elmandjra 1933 2014 economist, sociologist Mark Pesce 1962 living inventor, writer, engineer Mark Satin 1946 living political theory Mark Stevenson 1971 living author, entrepreneur, geo-technology Marshall Brain 1961 2024 robotics, transhumanism Marshall McLuhan 1911 1980 communications Martin Ford 1963 living artificial intelligence, robotics, author of New York Times bestseller Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Threat of a Jobless Future Matthew Simmons 1943 2010 peak oil, oil reservesMax More1964livingExtropy Institute Meredith Thring 1915 2006 inventor Michael Crichton 1942 2008 writer; implications of progress in science Michael Rogers living New York Times futurist; MSNBC commentator Michel Saloff Coste1955livingart, Club of Budapest Michio Kaku 1947 living string field theory, expositorMitchell Joachim1972livingecological design Michel de NostredameNatasha Vita-More1950livingHumanity+ Neal Stephenson 1959 living novelist known for Snow Crash, Anathem, and Seveneves Nicholas Negroponte 1943 living OLPC, new technological media Nick Bostrom 1973 living Yampolskiy, Roman V. 'Leakproofing the Singularity' philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, the reversal test, and consequentialismNicolas De Santis1966livingCorporate Visioning, author, tech entrepreneur, founder Opodo Nikola Tesla 1856 1943 energy, inventor Nikolai Fyodorovich Fyodorov 1829 1903 renewable energy, life extension/immortality, tranhumanism, space colonization Orrin H. Pilkey 1934 2024 critic of environmentalists , coastline erosion Ossip K. Flechtheim 1909 1998 political scientist Patrick Dixon 1957 living business Peter C. Bishop 1944 living educator - strategic foresight Peter Diamandis1961livingSingularity University Peter Newman 1945 living sustainability, transport systems, cars and cities Peter Schwartz 1946 living China, climate change, business, technology Phil Salin 1949 1991 cyberspace and the Internet Philip K. Dick 1928 1982 writer who produced the novels behind Blade Runner and Minority Report Ray Kurzweil 1948 living AI, transhumanism, technological singularity, life extension Raymond Spencer Rodgers 1935 2007 telesphere, food-chain Renzo Provinciali 1895 1981 anarchist Richard Feynman 1918 1988 physicist, originator of concept of nanotechnology Richard Moran 1950 living social scientist Richard Neville 1941 2016 author, reporter Richard Slaughter 1940 living sociologist Robert A. Heinlein 1907 1988 novelist Robert Anton Wilson 1932 2007 psychonaut, novelist, essayist Robert Jastrow 1925 2008 NASA scientist, author, spaceflight Robert Jungk 1913 1994 journalist Robert Theobald 1929 1999 economics Robin Hanson 1959 living prediction markets, singularity, transhumanism Roger Bacon 1220 1292 Franciscan Friar, Natural Philosopher Ross Dawson 1962 living futurist, speaker, author Scott Smith 1967 living "flatpack futures" Sinead Bovell1989livingBlogger Sohail Inayatullah 1958 living political scientist Stanisław Lem 1921 2006 novelistStephen Hawking19422018astrophysics, cosmology Stewart Brand 1938 living cognitive science, environmental philosophy, whole systems Sydney Jay Mead 1933 2019 visual futurist Terence McKenna 1946 2000 philosopher, psychonaut, speaker, ethnobotanist Ted Nelson 1937 living writer, philosopher, creator of hypertext concept and Xanadu project Theodore Modis 1943 living business, physics Thomas Frey 1954 living futurist speaker, technology, future jobs, future of work, future crimes, future of transportation, unanswerable question Tim Cannon 1979 living technology, transhumanist Timothy Leary 1920 1996 psychologist, psychedelics enthusiast, transhumanist, space migration, life extension Vannevar Bush 1890 1974 analog computing, envisioned Memex, similar to what the internet is now W. Warren Wagar 1932 2004 historian Walt Disney 1901 1966 filmmaker, businessman, created "Tomorrowland" and a concept Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow (referred to by acronym EPCOT) Walter Greiling 1900 1986 chemist, sociologist Warren Ellis 1968 living writer Wendell Bell 1924 2019 sociology William Gibson 1948 living novelist (cyberpunk) William Gilpin 1813 1894 politician Willis Harman 1918 1997 sociocultural evolution Ziauddin Sardar 1951 living Muslim thought
See also Futures studies Outline of futures studies World Future Society
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