Futurist Contents

Contents for January-February 2001 Volume 35, No. 1 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
DEPARTMENTS	ARTICLES
Tomorrow in Brief Dinner Bell for Fish Musical Tablecloth Life Expectancy Exceeds Expectations Farmers Markets on the Rise Respect Grows for Teachers Feedback Consultants and Services Future Active Scouting for Trends: The Intelligence Factory Assessing School Reforms: Rand Consultants Corner Scenarios and Decision Making: Terry J. van der Werff Identifying Career Unrest: Helen Harkness 2000 Title/Author Index Institutional Members	Taming the Technological Beast: The Case of the E-Book By Jason Ohler Each technology connects us to some opportunities while disconnecting us from others. We should get in the habit of evaluating the likely impacts of a given technology before we adopt it. Building a Creative Hothouse: Strategies of History's Most Creative Groups By Barton Kunstler If your organization needs a boost in innovative thinking, you'll find lessons in history's most successful "creative hothouses," such as ancient Greece, Renaissance Florence, Elizabethan England, and Parisian cafe society.	Cultural Amnesia: A Threat to Our Future By Stephen Bertman Like Alzheimer's disease, cultural amnesia is a progressive and debilitating disease. It may threaten America's capacity to extend its democratic traditions into the future. VISIONS: Facing the Electronic Future in Classrooms By Cynthia G. Wagner Classroom design integrates computers into the learning environment.
*BOOKS*	WORLD TRENDS & FORECASTS
The Futurist Bookshelf Selections from The Futurist Book Review: Alternative Visions: for the Future University by Lane Jennings. Review of The University in Transformation edited by Sohail Inayatullah and Jennifer Gidley.	Government The Century of Democracy [box: Requirements of Democracy] Terrorists: Hype and Reality Society Why Nations Develop Differently Passing On Religious Values Technology Nanotubes Make Handy Devices Fuel Cells Grow More Practical	Environment Repairing Earth's Ecosystems [box: Primary Goods and Services Provided by Three Ecosystems] A Private High-Rise Demography Is the World Kicking the Cigarette Habit? Economics Asia in the New Economy
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