Contents for
March-April 2005
Volume 39, No. 2
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
Biodegradable Cell Phones
Guided Bullets
Smoking and African Americans
Lighting the World
AIDS Imperils the African Labor Force
Feedback
Consultants and ServicesFuturist Newsmakers
By Wayne A. English
With the rise of hydrogen technologies that empower individual households and businesses, electric utilities may find themselves scrambling for customers.
Hydrogen and
the New Energy Economy
By Julian Gresser
and James A. Cusumano
Creating a whole new economy—one that no longer depends on oil—will require the
best thinking from the brightest minds. Two energy researchers detail why this mission is
urgently needed and outline what it will take to build a hydrogen economy.
Trends Now Shaping the Future: Economic, Societal, and and Environmental Trends
By Marvin J. Cetron
and Owen Davies
Continuing economic growth, resource consumption, population aging, and other trends will
pose significant challenges—and opportunities.
Finding Better Ways to Die
By Lane Jennings
Death is a future that we can almost guarantee but one that even many futurists
ignore. New options may make death less frightening, and foresight and planning might
improve out last days.
COVER STORY: |
Celebrating the Life of Futurist W. Warren Wagar
By Michael Marien
Remembering the life and work of an historian who was dedicated to the global future even
more than the past.
A book review by Clifton Coles
Future shocks might be avoided if we can find and use the proper diagnostics and tools, according to Max H. Bazerman and Michael D. Watkins, authors of Predictable Surprises.
Proactive Crisis Management
Government
Robin Hood and the No-Free-Lunch Bunch
Technology
Are
Males Genetically Doomed?
Science Research Rises in Latin America
Bone-Loss Epidemic Ahead?
Fitness and Learning
Society
Slow is
Beautiful: Living as if Life Really Mattered
Environment
The World's
Water Crisis
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