How Future-Oriented are you?
1. Do you read a technology newspaper?
Yes. I’m in that industry and I need to know what is happening.
Yes. I like to know what’s happening all the time and the technology industry seems to be ahead of the rest.
No. I don’t have time.
No. I don’t see a point I don’t work with or need technology other than a printer and email.
2. How far off are robots from being our household helpers?
10 years
Never, We don’t need them.
5 years
30 years
3. Wildcard events are:
Random, There’s no use thinking about them, and they aren’t that important anyways.
My job is hard enough to stay on track of I couldn’t possibly have time to think about them.
Futurists always get it wrong so why would I listen to them about these, they said we would have more leisure time and where is my robot housecleaner?
Able to be tracked quite easily and are of great importance to my daily work life.
4. Is there any point in looking at what artists are doing?
No, They are all off in airy fairy land.
Yes, They have their finger on the pulse.
No, Art, science and business are not interrelated at all.
No, I have a hard enough time keeping on top of my industry how could I possibly see what anyone else is doing.
5. Is it important to study the future?
No, Why study the future when it's all up to destiny.
Yes, We need to know what the next trend is so we can get in on it and make lots of money.
No, It's too hard.
Yes, Without it we wouldn’t be able to anticipate and prepare for events and trends that will affect our home and work lives.

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