Contents for
March-April 2007
Volume 41, No. 2
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Tomorrow in Brief
Electricity from Rice
Portable Lungs
Executives in the Classroom
Thinner Air?
War on Food-Borne Illnesses
Feedback
Consultants and Services
Cover Story The Postliterate Future
Is Reading Obsolete?
The Fall of the Word, and Civilization
Illiterates with Doctorates, Revisited
The Dangers of Visual Culture |
The Coming Osteoporosis Epidemic: Trend Analysis
By Jay Herson
An aging society is almost certain to be characterized by a weakening
population as the ravages of thin-bone diseases affect more people. A health
futurist analyzes the trend's coming impacts on families, the economy,
public policy, and social and technological innovation.
The Search for Foresight: The World Future Society's Emergence from Dream
to Reality
By Edward Cornish
In this second installment of his memoirs, the World Future Society's
founding president describes how a network of volunteers sharing "ideas and
ideals" were drawn to the new, forward-looking organization.
VISIONARIES:
How an Expert on Time Spends His Days
John Robinson knows more about time than just about anyone. In an
interview with THE FUTURIST, he talks about his discoveries over the years.
A Handbook
for Scenario Planning
A book review by Patrick Tucker
Practicing futurists Bill Ralston and Ian Wilson offer practical
guidelines for using scenarios in business settings in the Scenario
Planning Handbook: Developing Strategies in Uncertain Times.
Technology
Antlike Robots
The Rise of Bionic Surgery
Environment
Growth in Ocean-Current Power Foreseen
Debating Fisheries' Fate
Society
Youth's Irrational
Exuberance
Government
Closing Loopholes in Arms Trading
Fighting Civil Wars with Education
Demography
A New Ruler for the Digital Divide
Economics
Economics and the Arts
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