Futurist Contents

Contents for July-August 2000 Volume 34, No. 4	A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE By Cindy Wagner, Managing Editor	SELECTED FORECASTS FROM THIS ISSUE
DEPARTMENTS	ARTICLES
Tomorrow in Brief Overcoming Dyslexia Future Shopping Carts Mini Camera Rides on Robot's Back Microwave Tonsillectomy Innovation and Impact: See the People You Chat With Feedback Consultants and Services Future Active "Nice Vices" Excite Researchers 10 Keys to Success as a Futurist	Health Care in 2025: A Patient's Encounter By James O. Wooten Health kiosks at the mall will handle patients' needs for medical tests, cancer screening, diagnosis, and referrals for specialty care. COVER STORY: Avoiding Cosmic Catastrophe By Charles Frankel A few scientists are watching for dangerous asteroids and figuring out how to deflect them away from Earth, if need be, but more effort is needed, the author argues. SPECIAL REPORT: The Top 10 Emerging Technologies By William E. Halal Researchers at George Washington University forecast coming technological breakthroughs, including precision farming, cloned organs, and much more.	Environmental Surprises: Planning for the Unexpected By Chris Bright Environmental futurists are finding new ways to anticipate the effects of complex trends. Help Wanted: Creating Tomorrow's Work Force By Edward E. Gordon Thousands of good jobs in technical fields will go unfilled unless businesses and schools can do a better job of preparing students for the real needs of the future workplace. PERSONAL FUTURES: Just Say "Yes!" Turning Negative Events into Positive Opportunities By Wallace Wilkins The future is as positive as you think it may be. A psychologist shows how to postpone negative judgments until all the (positive) evidence arrives from the future.
*BOOKS*	WORLD TRENDS & FORECASTS
The Futurist Bookshelf A Philosophical Wallop Harlan Cleveland reviews Birth of the Chaordic Age by Dee Hock Books in Brief Death Foretold: Prophecy and Prognosis in Medical Care by Nicholas A. Christakis The End of Time: The Next Revolution in Physics by Julian Barbour	Government Anonymity and the Internet Automated Warships Corruption-Loss Insurance Demography Aging and Disabilities Many Parents Hope for Girls Environment Impacts of Sprawl Biotechnology and Future Food Supply Environmental Issues to Watch For	Technology Pigs May End Organ Shortage Using Light to Heal Web Products Going Mobile Economics Global Living Standards Improve The All-Consuming Corporation Society The Case for Liberal Arts by Roger Herman Office Romance
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