Contents for
January-February 2007
Volume 41, No. 1
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
"Earthquakes" in Our Bones
Surge in "Prenups"
Effects of Smoking Bans
Fitness and Cognitive Ability in Elderly
Impacts of Extending Corn's Growing Season
Feedback
Consultants and Services
The Energy
Project: Independence by 2020
By Tsvi Bisk
Plus:
The Cure for Oil Addiction Is Leadership |
SportsCast: 10 Controversial Issues Confronting the Sports Industry
By John Sweeney
Sports have the power to unite communities, both locally and, increasingly,
globally.
The Future of Sports Media
By Irving Rein, Philip Kotler, and Ben Shields
What do the fans want? Sports teams, leagues, and marketing professionals
are turning to a growing array of media to capture the elusive customer.
The Search for Foresight: How THE FUTURIST Was Born
By Edward Cornish
The World Future Society is now commemorating its fortieth anniversary.
Here, the editor of THE FUTURIST describes the "wild card" events that
awakened him to the importance of exploring the future.
Future View: How Attitudes Shape Our Future
By Matthew Colborn
Our feelings and attitudes about the future and its risks can lead to either
triumph or disaster.
Is Tyranny
Doomed?
A book review by Patrick Tucker
In The J Curve, Ian Bremmer, a political-risk expert,
explains how globalization will accelerate freedom and regime change across
the globe.
The State of the Future Turns Ten
A book review by Patrick Tucker
The latest findings on the future's
challenges and opportunities are drawn together in 2006 State of
the Future by Jerome C. Glenn and
Theodore J. Gordon.
Environment
Wind Energy: Power from the Prairie
By Ron Rebenitsch
Government
Values Conflicts in
Stem-Cell Research
Economics
Fractal Transactions: Launching the Future of Money
By Thomas Frey
Society
The Over-Mediated World
Technology
Confronting Driver Distraction
By Merkel Weiss
Demography
Latinos in America's Cultural Laboratory
By Eric Garland
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