Contents for
November-December 2008
Volume 42, No. 6
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
About This Issue
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
Biological Brains for Robots
Alcohol Consumption Declines
Ivory Poaching Imperils Elephants
Compressed Air May Cut Energy Costs
Bartering with Fuel
Feedback
Consultants and Services
Seeing
the Future through New Eyes
By Cynthia G. Wagner, Aaron M. Cohen, and Rick Docksai
They came, they saw, they learned something new. Futurists attending the
World Future Society’s 2008 conference took full advantage of the
opportunity to see the future through each other’s eyes.
Free PDF
The
Globalization of Crime
By Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Joan E. Foltz,
John Jackson, and Amy Oberg
A team of futurists examines the ways
in which crime has become globalized and how the worlds of legitimate and
illicit finance intertwine.
PDF available.
The
Real Life Search for E.T. Heats Up
By Gregory Georgiou
The bookies are taking bets and the scientists are sharpening their
instruments. Extraterrestrial creatures great or small may be within sight.
PDF Available.
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The
Singularity Needs You
Troubled Times Ahead?
Rick Docksai reviews
A Vision for 2012:
Planning for Extraordinary Change
by
John L. Petersen.
A book review by Rick Docksai Technology will transform human life and force us to transform the way we think and live, says William E. Halal, author of Technology’s Promise: Expert Knowledge on the Transformation of Business and Society.
Environment
Cities Battle Auto Dominance
By Lester R. Brown
Government
Civilian Peacekeepers
A new U.S. operation hopes to stop wars before they happen.
Society
How Americans Spend Their Time
Results from the most recent American Time Use Survey issued by the U.S.
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
How to Live Beyond 100
A very long life is one part nature and one part nurture.
Technology
Organic Solar Collection
A breakthrough in concentrated photovoltaics may soon be available.
plus
The Scent of the Future
Economics
Incentivizing Thrift
Encouraging savings in a
consumerist world.
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