Futurists get to a certain age and, as one does, they suddenly recognize their own mortality.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Just like those who are incurably ill, the aged know everything about their dying except exactly when.
I hardly see myself as a futurist.
People start to act very unusually when they find out that they're dying, that they don't have that many years left.
There is a way that a younger person can accept the inevitable problem that they're going to die, whereas somebody a little bit older might be overcome.
As you get older, subconsciously you start thinking about mortality and protecting your offspring. It opens up a whole new avenue of life experiences.
Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great work. But they're not scientists. They're clueless.
Futurism is almost like a vaccination. You inject a little bit of a denatured pathogen to prepare your body in case you encounter it for real.
Those who have no hope pass their old age shrouded with an inward gloom.
I was fascinated by mortality. Most people are, even if they don't admit it.
People who have discovered a purpose feel better, like themselves more, age more subtly, and live longer.