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  2. Future - Wikipedia

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    Religions consider the future when they address issues such as karma, life after death, and eschatologies that study what the end of time and the end of the world will be. Religious figures such as prophets and diviners have claimed to see into the future. Future studies, or futurology, is the science, art, and practice of postulating possible ...

  3. Future tense - Wikipedia

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    An example of a future tense form is the French achètera, meaning "will buy", derived from the verb acheter ("to buy"). The "future" expressed by the future tense usually means the future relative to the moment of speaking, although in contexts where relative tense is used it may mean the future relative to some other point in time under ...

  4. Futures studies - Wikipedia

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    Futures studies, futures research, futurism research, futurism, or futurology is the systematic, interdisciplinary and holistic study of social/technological advancement, and other environmental trends; often for the purpose of exploring how people will live and work in the future.

  5. Future orientation - Wikipedia

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    While different in definition, all of these constructs are thought to tap into and impact how people think and plan for the future. Despite the many different ways that future orientation is investigated and measured, there is evidence that a hopeful and purposeful sense of the future is associated with positive outcomes. [4] [5] [6]

  6. Futurist - Wikipedia

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    The term "futurist" most commonly refers to people who attempt to understand the future, sometimes called trend analysis.Futurists include authors, consultants, thinkers, organizational leaders and others who engage in interdisciplinary and systems thinking to advise private and public organizations on such matters as diverse global fads and trends, possible scenarios, emerging market ...

  7. Longtermism - Wikipedia

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    Philosopher William MacAskill defines longtermism as "the view that positively influencing the longterm future is a key moral priority of our time". [2] [6]: 4 He distinguishes it from strong longtermism, "the view that positively influencing the longterm future is the key moral priority of our time".

  8. Future-proof - Wikipedia

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    Future-proofing (also futureproofing) is the process of anticipating the future and developing methods of minimizing the effects of shocks and stresses of future events. [1] Future-proofing is used in industries such as electronics, medical industry, industrial design, and more recently, in design for climate change.

  9. Future Shock - Wikipedia

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    Future Shock is a 1970 book by American futurist Alvin Toffler, [1] written together with his wife Adelaide Farrell, [2] [3] in which the authors define the term "future shock" as a certain psychological state of individuals and entire societies, and a personal perception of "too much change in too short a period of time". The book, which ...