Contents for
January-February 2004
Volume 38, No. 1
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
3-D TV: Closer to Reality?
Nanotech Aids Antiaging
Research
A Calmer Sun May Reduce
Global Warming
Water-Powered Batteries
Predicting Terrorist Attacks
Feedback
Consultants and Services2003 Subject/Author Index to THE FUTURIST
| COVER STORY Wanted: A New Strategy for Globalization By J. Ørstrøm Møller Globalization gives us an opportunity to solve problems in a new way--with a worldview of cooperation rather than conflict. Read excerpt |
The Rise of Telecities: Decentralizing the Global
Society
By Joseph N. Pelton
We need to reverse the trend toward megacities, which puts vast numbers of people at risk
for terrorist attacks and natural disasters. One answer is telecities.
The New Brain
By Richard Restak
Neuroscience aims to discover how and why our brains function as they do and what new
treatments could come to the aid of malfunctioning minds.
By Douglas Mulhall
Environmental risk assessment needs to be reexamined as technology increasingly merges with nature.
Molecular Nanotech: Benefits and Risks
By Mike Treder
Welcome to the nanofactory, a tiny plant that make products atom by atom. With
desktop manufacturing in the hands of millions of people, we could see a new Industrial
Revolution--or humanity's worst nightmare.
FUTURE VIEW: Knowledge Creation: The Quest for Questions
By Bruce LaDuke
Schools teach us what is known. But how do we find out what is not known, and how do we
create new knowledge? We can start by asking questions.
A book review by Lane Jennings
The convergence of nanotech, biotech, and accelerated computing will bring on a new Molecular Economy, write Christopher Meyer and Stan Davis, the authors of It's Alive.
Resources for Peace
Economics
Global Demand for Fish Outstrips Supplies
New Respect for Middle Managers
Speeding Up Experiments
Demography
Health and happiness
Measuring People's Well-Being
Europe's Cancer Gap
Humanoid Robots: Functional and Fun
Biosensors for Underwear
Environment
More Trouble for Coral Reefs
Indoor Air Pollution is Worse Than Ever
Fight Fire with
Film Forecast
Government
Hype,
Spin, Puffery, and Lies: Should We Be Scared?
Measuring the Progress of Peace
Renewing Cities and Suburbs
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