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Vol. 43 No. 3 May-June 2009
Own Your Own Island Nation / Wild Cards in Our Future / Looking Toward the Future in the Midst of Economic Uncertainty / Your Solar-Powered Future: It’s Closer Than You Thought.

Vol. 43, No 2 March-April 2009
Timeline for the Future: Potential Developments and Likely Impacts / Emerging Technologies and the Global Crisis of Maturity / Algae Power: Will Pond Scum Reduce Petroleum Dependence? / Saving the Environment: Five Creative Approaches / A Realistic Energy Strategy.

Vol. 43, No 1 January-February 2009
Reinventing Morality / The Design Economy / Immortality 2.0 / Marketing a More Healthful Future / Visions: Silent Spring.

Vol. 42, No 6 November-December 2008
OUTLOOK 2009 / The Globalization of Crime / The Real Life Search for E.T. Heats Up / The Singularity Needs You / Seeing the Future through New Eyes

Vol. 42, No 5 September-October 2008
Science Fiction vs. Reality / In the Future, The Best Will Be Better Than Perfect / Global Trends in Culture Infrastructure and Values / Disrupting the Automobiles Future / Why Are You Here / Virtual Health

• Vol. 42, No 4 July-August 2008
  The 21st-Century Writer / Cybercrime in the Year 2025 / Consumer Trends in Three Different "Worlds"  / Futurizing Business Education / Tribute to Sir Arthur C. Clarke.
   
• Vol. 42, No 3. May-June 2008
   A Future Run Dry / The Desalination Solution / Bioviolence: A Growing Threat / Nanopollution: The Invisible Fog of Future Wars / Germ Warfare Under the Microscope / Discovering the Future / Trends Shaping Tomorrow's World: Forecasts and Implications for Business, Government, and Consumers (Part Two)
   
• Vol. 42, No 2 March-April 2008
  The AI Chasers / Navigating the New Adulthood / The Future of the Jews and Israel: An Optimistic Vision /Trends Shaping Tomorrow's World: Forecasts and Implications for Business, Government, and Consumers (Part One)
   
• Vol. 42, No. 1 January-February 2008
  The Consumer is the Medium / Fighting the Cult of the Amateur / The Experience Economy and the High Life of Tomorrow / Scanning the Global Situation and Prospects for the Future / Nihilism, Fundamentalism, or Activism: Three Responses to Suspicions of the Apocalypse / The Age of Distraction: The Professor or the Processor?
   
• Vol. 41, No. 6 November-December 2007
  On Dark Ages / Toward a Global Rule of Law: A Practical Step Toward World Peace / The Search for Foresight: Future Shock and the Magic of the Future / Thinking Globally, Acting Locally, Living Personally / Outlook 2008/ SCENARIOS: Predicting Panic
   
• Vol. 41, No. 5 September-October 2007
  Worst-Case Scenario: The Middle East / Thinking about the Arctic's Future: Scenarios for 2040 / "Not with a Bang": Civilization's Accelerating Challenge / Anticipations: The Remarkable Forecasts of H.G. Wells /
  The Search for Foresight. Adventures in Organization Building: Adding Star Power to Futuring / Visions: Smart Fashion
   
• Vol. 41, No. 4 July-August  2007 
  The Hybrid Phenomenon / Energy Diversity as a Business Imperative / Not all Hybrids Are Created Equal /  Biodiesel's Bright Future / How to Price Biofuels / Reinventing Utopia / Welcome To Arden: The World of William Shakespeare / Setting Happiness as a National Goal / Expanding the Human Mind: The Future of the Brain / The Search for Foresight: Futuring and World Peace / Future View: Getting Ahead by Looking Ahead
   
• Vol. 41, No. 3  May-June  2007 
  Defeating Terrorism: Is It Possible? Is It Probable? / Time for a Global Welfare System? / Visions: Design for the "Other 90 Percent" / Our Cashless Society / Scenario: A Cashless New York City / Rise of the Cashless Do-Gooder / Violent Crime and Cash: The Connection / The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's First Conference / The World Future Society at 40: First Impressions / Future View: A Futurist Mind-Set
   
• Vol. 41, No. 2  March-April  2007 
  Foresight for Government / The New Media Age: End of the Written Word? / The Postliterate Future / Digital Storytelling / Is Reading Obsolete? / Voice-In/Voice-Out Computers and the Postliterate Age / The Fall of the Word, and Civilization / Illiterates with Doctorates, Revisited / The Dangers of Visual Culture / The Coming Osteoporosis Epidemic: Trend Analysis / The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's Emergence from Dream to Reality / Visionaries: How an Expert on Time Spends His Days

• Vol. 41, No. 1  January-February  2007 
  The 17 Great Challenges of the Twenty-First Century / The Energy Project: Independence by 2020 / Going Green by Empowering Choice / Gasoline Taxes Needed to Stave Off Disaster / The Cure for Oil Addiction Is Leadership / SportsCast: 10 Controversial Issues Confronting the Sports Industry / The Future of Sports Media / The Search for  Foresight: How THE FUTURIST Was Born / Future View: How Attitudes Shape Our Future
   
• Vol. 40, No. 6  November-December  2006 
  10 Imperatives for Peace / Strategy and the Search for Peace / Fear and Folly: Learning from Mistakes in Iraq / Globalization or a Rebirth of Nationalism? / Navigating a World of Complex Threats / Strategizing in a Complex and Disaggregated World / Preserving Balance Among the Great Powers / Outlook 2007 / Technology's Promise: Highlights from the TechCast Project / Partners for Progress: Creating Global Strategies for Humanity's Future / Visions: Rethinking Emergency Housing

• Vol. 40, No. 5  September-October  2006 
  Strategic Foresight: The State of the Art / Plus: Best Practices in Scanning / Procter & Gamble's Clay Street Think Tank / Futuring in Action / Preparing the Team for Strategic Foresight Work / A Personal Approach to Strategic Foresight / Eight Supertrends Shaping The Future of Business / Religion in the Future Global Civilization / The Anticipatory Leader: Buckminster Fuller's Principles for Making the World Work / In the Shadow of Pandemic / Future View: Beyond Eden: Adam and Eve Build the Future
   
• Vol. 40, No. 4  July-August  2006 
  Rescuing a Planet Under Stress / Toward an Ecological Economy / Consumption, Status, and the Changing Chinese Model / Will Wind and Biofuels Be Enough? / Who Wins and Who Loses in the Sustainable Economy? / Can Minority Languages Be Saved? Globalization vs. Culture /  The Dragon vs. the Tiger: China and India Reshape the Global Economy / The Robotic Economy: Brave New World or a Return to Slavery?
  
• Vol. 40, No. 3  May-June  2006 
  Designing Babies: A Eugenics Race with China? / Personal Futuring: A Step-by-Step Guide
  Plus: Personal Futuring in Action / The World's Top Super Projects: The Best of the Big / Building a More-Humane Economy / The Digital Health-Care Revolution: Empowering Health Consumers / FUTURE VIEW: The Mind- Programmable Era
   
• Vol. 40, No. 2  March-April  2006 
  Building Creative Communities: The Role of Art and Culture / Cyberimmortality: Science, Religion, and the Battle to Save Our Souls / A Timeline for Technology: To the Year 2030 and Beyond / Translation by Machine: A Bridge Across the Multicultural Gap / SCENARIOS: At Home with Ambient Intelligence

• Vol. 40, No. 1 January-February  2006 
  Update on the State of the Future / Innovation in Pharmaceuticals: Speeding up the Development of New Cures / Scenarios in Practice: Futuring in the Pharmaceutical Industry / Beyond Sprawl: Rethinking Humanity's Habitats / Thinking Ahead: The Value of Future Consciousness / Visions: Star Dust in Our Future?

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