Some of these examples are wrong. Both Skeptic and Futurist provide value for risk-averse people, as they help to explain away the changes. That’s why lots of

Some of these examples are wrong. Both Skeptic and Futurist provide value for risk-averse people, as they help to explain away the changes. That’s why lots of people read these skeptics and futurists, because their message is predictable and brings very expected emotions every time. Example with Interviewer assumes finding diamonds among low-promise CVs has value for a company — does not work that way for companies with huge hiring funnels. Interviewer that focuses on effective but imperfect screening will get far in these, all the while bringing lots of value to the company. Article also simplifies these roles down to a single, almost binary, function. Which is pretty ironic, given the idea this article tries to communicate.