(via https://medium.com/futures-exchange/493715a01106 )

So, to the list, then. The typical bad futurists start from one of the following nine archetypes, and then mix-and-match aspects of the others. The list, in no particular order:

1. The Obfuscator/Obscurantist
2. The Shock-Jock
3. The Mindless Optimist/Pessimist
4. The Pseudo-Academic
5. The Trendster
6. The Neologizer
7. The Cookie-Cutter
8. The Proselytizer
9. The Mystic

–Alf Rehn