Futurist Contents

Contents for July-August 2001 Volume 35, No. 4 Search THE FUTURIST	A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE By Cindy Wagner, Managing Editor	SELECTED FORECASTS FROM THIS ISSUE! READ BOOK REVIEWS NOW ONLINE
DEPARTMENTS	ARTICLES
Tomorrow in Brief Online Textbooks Combating Female Circumcision One Billion Elderly Merging Cameras and Cell Phones Lube Jobs for Nanomachines Feedback Consultants and Services Future Active Healthy Future Sought for Black Americans Building Skills for Europe's Future Consultants Corner: Consult-A-Kid	Recession-Proofing Your Career: 12 Strategies for Bad Times and Good by Barbara Moses The era of guaranteed jobs is history. It's time to develop a new set of career management skills to survive downturns in the economy. How We Can Anticipate Future Events by Edward Cornish The past gives us knowledge and experience, and the present gives us the power to change things; together, the past and present allow us to envision--and shape--the future. The Webcentric University by Samuel L. Dunn Future universities will thrive if they capitalize on the community-building opportunities brought about by the Internet and World Wide Web. A university administrator offers a scenario showing how it will work. [READ ESSAY ON CYBER SOCIETY FORUM]	How the Internet Is Changing Our Lives by Carter Henderson Online, a parallel universe is rapidly emerging. Take a whirlwind tour of life on the Internet. [READ ESSAY ON CYBER SOCIETY FORUM] Choosing the Future of Transportation by Molly O'Meara Sheehan Transportation systems can be made more efficient and less polluting by offering people a choice of transit options. FUTURE VIEW: The Good Society: Goals Beyond Money by Amitai Etzioni Money cannot buy happiness, studies confirm. To build a good society we must change our priorities.
*BOOKS*	WORLD TRENDS & FORECASTS
The Futurist Bookshelf Book Review: The Future of Success by Robert B. Reich (Reviewed by Lane Jennings) Books in Brief Windows on the Future by Ted McCain and Ian Jukes *The First Measured Century* by Theodore Caplow, Louis Hicks, and Ben J. Wattenberg	Demography Poisons On Our Plates Environment Britain's Green Agenda By Tony Blair Society Investing in Human Relations The Chaotic Brain	Technology The Promise of Internet2 Government Win-Win Governance Cyberactivism 101 Economics Evaluating Good Corporate Citizenship Nursing Crisis Is Foreseen Life Goals on Hyperspeed
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