Intel’s Futurist Brian David Johnson: Don’t Let The Future Happen To You!

“When it comes to the future, there are three kinds of people: those who let it happen, those who make it happen, and those who wonder what happened.” [John M. Richardson, Jr.] Brian David Johnson – Intel‘s futurist and principal engineer with 25 patents behind his back, is without any doubt one of those who really do make it happen. What better guest to invite on Singularity 1 on 1?! During our conversation with Brian David Johnson we cover a wide variety of topics such as: the personal story of how he got inspired by engineering, technology and science fiction; how Brian got to have the best job in the world; the tasks and responsibilities of Intel’s futurist; the motivation and goals behind his work; Brian’s personal responsibility, Intel’s corporate one and our public and private obligation to create the future; pragmatic versus non-pragmatic futurism; why getting it right is more important than being right; futurism and future casting; the tomorrow project; science fiction and science fiction prototyping… My three most favorite quotes that I will take away from this interview with Brian are: “Own the fact that you can build the future.” […] “I define geek by passion.” […] and my favorite one: “Don’t let the future happen to you.”