Broadly speaking, future thinking gives us an awareness of possibilities, past thinking gives us an awareness of certainties and present thinking an awareness of probabilities. In the startup world, this might translate to idea generation (future activity), validation (past activity), and execution (present activity). Each individual member of a startup team blends these three perspectives in their own way, but are all of the thinking styles necessary to make the start-up work?

So what is the thinking style of HN? Are we a community of future, past or present thinkers? Or a healthy mix of all three?

We've developed a simple app to measure the thinking style of communities. Please participate at apps.facebook.com/mindtime/ and report back here with your unique blend.