How to refer to a group of people living in present when writing about the future/past
I am writing a paper exploring how a particular profession would change in the future. I am wondering how I would refer back to the people in present times who are practicing that profession.
Example:
When talking about future computer scientists, refer back to computer scientists living in the present day.
Simply using "modern day computer scientists", or "present day computer scientists" may be confusing, is there a single word i can use to say this?
Example of usage:
In order to determine the short term goals of [requested word] computer scientists, we can examine how the profession could change over time.
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I am writing a paper exploring how a particular profession would change in the future. I am wondering how I would refer back to the people in present times who are practicing that profession.
Example:
When talking about future computer scientists, refer back to computer scientists living in the present day.
Simply using "modern day computer scientists", or "present day computer scientists" may be confusing, is there a single word i can use to say this?
Example of usage:
In order to determine the short term goals of [requested word] computer scientists, we can examine how the profession could change over time.
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I am writing a paper exploring how a particular profession would change in the future. I am wondering how I would refer back to the people in present times who are practicing that profession.
Example:
When talking about future computer scientists, refer back to computer scientists living in the present day.
Simply using "modern day computer scientists", or "present day computer scientists" may be confusing, is there a single word i can use to say this?
Example of usage:
In order to determine the short term goals of [requested word] computer scientists, we can examine how the profession could change over time.
single-word-requests
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I am writing a paper exploring how a particular profession would change in the future. I am wondering how I would refer back to the people in present times who are practicing that profession.
Example:
When talking about future computer scientists, refer back to computer scientists living in the present day.
Simply using "modern day computer scientists", or "present day computer scientists" may be confusing, is there a single word i can use to say this?
Example of usage:
In order to determine the short term goals of [requested word] computer scientists, we can examine how the profession could change over time.
single-word-requests
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We latterday computer scientists who are living in the year 2150, at least some of us, refer to computer scientists who lived in the 21st century as antiquated computer scientists, while others call them pioneers.
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Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
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We latterday computer scientists who are living in the year 2150, at least some of us, refer to computer scientists who lived in the 21st century as antiquated computer scientists, while others call them pioneers.
answered 26 mins ago
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Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
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We latterday computer scientists who are living in the year 2150, at least some of us, refer to computer scientists who lived in the 21st century as antiquated computer scientists, while others call them pioneers.
answered 26 mins ago
TRomanoTRomano
16.8k21946
Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
– jackson
11 mins ago
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We latterday computer scientists who are living in the year 2150, at least some of us, refer to computer scientists who lived in the 21st century as antiquated computer scientists, while others call them pioneers.
answered 26 mins ago
TRomanoTRomano
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We latterday computer scientists who are living in the year 2150, at least some of us, refer to computer scientists who lived in the 21st century as antiquated computer scientists, while others call them pioneers.
answered 26 mins ago
TRomanoTRomano
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answered 26 mins ago
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answered 26 mins ago
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answered 26 mins ago
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Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
– jackson
11 mins ago
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Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
– jackson
11 mins ago
Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
– jackson
11 mins ago
Latterday is super helpful for the inverse of this question, thanks! I will go with pioneers for now.
– jackson
11 mins ago
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