News & Previews from the World Future Society
July 2004 (Vol. 5, No. 7)

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Generation X-tra
As a longstanding member of the Society, I am astonished that you would provide links to where to buy a CD that has nothing to do with the Society. Does the Society take a cut of each CD sold, or does Clay Aiken kick back a percentage of his sales to the Society? If so, I hope that will mean my dues will drop. What a disgrace!
Dennis Collins
dhcollins47@yahoo.com

Editors' response: We understand your feelings because we had misgivings ourselves. However, we decided that Clay Aiken and his album, "Measure of a Man," represent a very constructive change in the lyrics and behavior of pop singers that might interest World Future Society members. (See also the story in The Futurist about the hip-hop group Black Eyed Peas in "Values Shift for Urban Music," July-August 2004, http://www.wfs.org/optoutja04.htm.)

Through its partnership with Amazon.com, the Society provides links to many books, videos, and in this case a CD that may be of interest to some readers. This service replaces the Society's Futurist Bookstore retail operations, which had become prohibitively expensive to maintain.

I enjoyed the article on Clay Aiken. He is an excellent example of a futurist. The way he noticed his opportunities to LEARN, now he is TEACHING all of us by his actions. I have been inspired by his enthusiasm to not only help people with disabilites, but give them the chance to help all of us. We're all a little better off for knowing a man named Clay Aiken. And to top it off he's got a great voice. Thanks for the article. Really enjoyed reading it.
renee
renee4clay@yahoo.com

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