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Someone who sees the future clearly, except for the part where they're broke until 2030.
means A person who imagines bold future possibilities and inspires others toward them, often with more clarity about the big picture than about practical details.
from From Latin 'visio' (a seeing, vision), from 'videre' (to see) — the same root behind 'video,' 'vision,' and 'evident.' 'Visionary' entered English in the 1600s first to describe things existing only in imagination or dreams, often with a skeptical edge (a 'visionary scheme' meant a fanciful, impractical one). Only later did it soften into today's more admiring sense: someone whose far-seeing imagination is a gift rather than a flaw — though the old whiff of impracticality, as the essence line jokes, never fully left it.
- synonym risk
- often means unemployed, but confident
- retroactive title
- only earned after the product actually works
- key trait
- ignores experts, occasionally for good reason
- warning sign
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