Contents for
September-October 2008
Volume 42, No. 5
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
About This Issue
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
High-Tech Cowboys
The Market for Artists
Religion in China Expected to Grow
Predicting Jellyfish Population
Growth
Cars May Run on Air
Feedback
Consultants and Services
The World Future Society asked its members to describe their experiences in realizing the importance of taking an active interest in the future. Here are a few of their responses. Feel free to join the discussion.
In the Future, the Best Will Be Better Than Perfect:
The New Biology Paradigm
By Arnold Brown
Perfection ain’t what it used to be.
As the twenty-first century moves toward its second decade, the search for
perfection that characterized the twentieth century is fading away. In its
place is a burgeoning concept—functionality.
PDF available.
Global Trends in Culture,
Infrastructure, and Values
By Andy Hines
In
the second installment of a two-part series, a professional futurist looks at the big
trends in culture, values, media and infrastructure that will shape the world in the next
decade.
[Part 1 from the July-August issue]
Consumer
Trends in Three Different "Worlds"
By Andy Hines
In the
first of a two-part series, a professional futurist looks at the big trends
in demography, money, and consumerism that will shape the world in the next
decade.
PDF available.
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The rise of the global middle class, natural limitations, and radical innovation will define automobile transportation in the years ahead. PDF Available.
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Disrupting
the Automobile’s Future
Visions
When
Avatars Come Out to Play
Review by Rick
Docksai
Three
Forces Shaping Our Future
Review by
Aaron M. Cohen
Environment
Sanitation in the Third World
The search for sustainable solutions
Dust Storms and Hurricanes
Dust, it turns out, is bad for hurricanes.
Government
Nepal Reinvents Itself
Himalayan nation gets training in
the rule of law.
Society
Beating the Cyberbullies
Targets of taunting need help turning the tables on
tormentors.
Eat Right For a Healthy Brain
A study shows why losing weight could save you from brain damage.
Technology
Designer Isotopes
Rare-isotope research brings supernova processes down to Earth.
Beaming Data across the Cosmos
Data exchange between satellites could be increased a hundredfold by using lasers instead of radio waves.
Economics
Majoring In the
Unusual
“Out
of the box” college programs for Generation Y.
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