futurologist

Its enthusiastic authors include Zhao Qizheng, a former top Party propaganda official, and John Naisbitt, an American futurologist.

该书满腔热情的作者包括中共前最高宣传官员赵启正，和美国未来学家约翰·奈斯比特。

It sounds like the exaggerated vision – utopian or distopian according to taste – of a parlour futurologist.

听起来这像是会客室中一位未来学家夸张的想象——根据不同的偏好，可以将其视为一种乌托邦观点，或是反乌托邦观点。