How Future Oriented Are You?

1- Do you think about the future? The next five years? The next twenty?

_____Often _____Sometimes _____Never

2- Do you think of the Big Picture? Who are we? What is all this about? Where are we going?

_____Often _____Sometimes _____Never

3- Do you actually design long-range plans (two to twenty years) for your­self and/or for your organization?

_____Often _____Sometimes _____Never

4- Do you think that it is useless to plan ahead because we cannot make ac­curate forecasts?

_____Yes _____No

5- Do you think we should "live in the present"—the future will take care of itself?

_____Yes _____No

6- Where do you stand in relation to progressive changes? Are you gen­erally behind the times? In flow with the pace of change? Generally ahead?

_____Behind _____In flow _____Ahead

7- How much emphasis do you place on people's past? Where were you born? Who were your parents? Where did you grow up? Where did you study? Where have you worked?

_____Much emphasis _____Mild emphasis _____No interest

8- Are there any "eternal values"— values that never change?

_____Yes _____No

9- Do you have a religious (or spiritual) orientation?

_____Yes _____No

A-Do you believe in fate or des­tiny?

_____Yes _____No

B-Is it all in the hands of a god?

_____Yes _____No

C-Is it all predicted in the Bible or Old Testament or Koran?

_____Yes _____No

D-Are religions declining or spreading?

_____Declining _____Spreading

10- Are you a secular humanist—an atheist—an evolutionist?

_____Yes _____No

A-For example: Do you believe that we are free agents in the universe and that our future is in our own hands?

_____Yes _____No

11- Are you actively involved with any future-oriented organizations? For example:

A-Alternative lifestyles: singles networks—mobilia—group parenting—etc.?

_____Yes _____No

B- Abundance projects: solar en­ergy—nuclear fusion—hydro­ponics—etc.?

_____Yes _____No

C-Globalist organizations: Plane­tary Citizens—global travel (groups)—global language— etc.?

_____Yes _____No

D-Ultraintelligent systems: robots —androids—supercomputers— etc.? .

_____Yes _____No

E- Life extension organizations: Anti-aging—cryonic suspen­sion—immortality—etc. ?

_____Yes _____No

F- Space-related organizations: Space program—Space colonies —exobiology?

_____Yes _____No

G-Normative movements: Up-Wingers—Futurist groups—etc.?

_____Yes _____No

Date: 2015-02-28; view: 873