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Current Forecasts
Special to Web visitors, here are a few of the
editors' favorite forecasts from this issue of The Futurist (March-April 2000):
- Look for more "creative" lawsuits against corporations in the future as
lawyers, encouraged by their victories over tobacco companies, sue other companies for
what they see as social responsibility. -- Marjorie Kelly, editor of Business Ethics,
page 2.
- The Dow will hit 40,000 by 2016, because of the growing number of people investing
stocks and mutual funds. -- David Elias, author and investment advisor, page 7.
- Oh no it won't, says economic consultant A. Gary Shilling. The U.S. economy is headed
for a period of "deflation," that is, excess supply and falling prices. Page 6.
- By 2010, electronic monitoring will virtually eliminate professional criminals from
society.
- By 2061, humans will land on Halley's comet and discover both active and dormant forms
of life there, proving life is present throughout outer space.
--
Arthur C. Clarke, page 12.
- Women may one day be able to "reset" their biological clocks, postponing
menopause until age 70, if methods of freezing and banking ovarian tissue can be
perfected. -- Roger Gosden, author of Designing Babies, page 26.
- Images of students' brain activity as they solve problems may be used to tailor teaching
strategies to individual styles of learning. -- Howard Gardner, author of The
Disciplined Mind, page 32.
- By 2025, about 10% of existing public colleges and 50% of independent colleges will
close as students turn to digital, distance education providers that bypass the classroom.
-- Samuel L. Dunn, professor of business, page 35.
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