Contents for
July-August 2004
Volume 38, No. 4
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
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Tomorrow in Brief
Wind Power for Homes
Finding Concealed Weapons
Western Lifestyles and South
African Women
Coal-Fired Jets
Fighting Pests with Essential Oils
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Optimistic
Outlooks
Values Shift for Urban Music?
Long-Term Benefits of Arguing
Recession's Futurist Lessons
By David Pearce Snyder
Global, overarching forces such as modernization and widespread interconnectivity are converging to reshape our lives. But human adaptability—itself a "meta-trend"—will help keep our future from spinning out of control
Where to Find 4 Billion New Customers: Expanding the World's Marketplace
By Medard Gabel
The world's "have-nots" are not "want-nots" and finding ways to
satisfy their needs could be highly rewarding.
Intelligent Governmant: Invisible, Automatic, and Everywhere
By Marcel Bullinga
Networked smart environments embedded with computer technologies will allow authorities to
regularly download laws and pave the way for automatic law enforcement
| COVER STORY: Toward a Cashless
Society Read
Excerpt By David R. Warwick Hundreds of lives and more than a trillion dollars can be saved each year in a society without cash. A secure government-operated electronic currency could replace cash while delivering enormous social and economic benefits. |
Personalized Energy: The Next Paradigm
By Stephen M. Millett
In the future, energy will be more in control of neighborhoods and homeowners. But for
that to happen, new technologies need to be developed that bring efficiency and
reliability up and costs down.
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Building
Creative "Hothouses: In Business
A book review by Lane Jennings
Every organization is capable of nurturing the creativity and innovation that can
lead to greatness, says Barton Kunstler, author of The Hothouse Effect.
Amateurs Join Experts to Save Wildlife
The End of Oil
Climate Threatens Mass Extinctions
Technology
Protecting National Borders
"Virtual Womb: Will Help Prevent Premature Births
Digital Cinema: A Breakthrough?
Economics
Prospects for
the "Dragon" and the "Tiger" by Marvin J. Cetron
Advertising's New Frontiers
Preventing Genocide
Political Passivity Among the Jobless
Society
Aggression
and Violent Media
Internet Adds Spice to Marriage and Monogamy
Baby Boomers' New Retirement Ideas
The World Responds to Aging
Demography
Marriage and the Educated Woman
Nations at Risk for Violent Conflict
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