Contents for
May-June 2003
Volume 37, No. 3
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
Nanotech vs. CFCs
Saving the banana
Smart airline seats
Aromatherapy vs. dementia
Fog Walls
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The Limits of Complexity and Change
By Theodore Modis
Complexity and change have grown at accelerating rates throughout history, but they
may soon reach a turning point.
Beyond Cloning: Toward Human Printing
By Vladimir Mironov
Need a liver transplant? You may one day be able to drop off some cells at the
doctor's office and wait while a machine manufactures a fresh new organ, especially for
you.
By Annemarie Skjold
Flotation homes offer a solution to Europe's devastating floods and overcrowded cities.
Global Trends in Crime
By Gene Stephens
To keep crime in check in the twenty-first century, we'll all need to get smarter, not
just tougher.
The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence
By H. Paul Shuch
The 40-year search for extraterrestrial intelligence continues to evolve. What will the
next 40 years bring?
FUTURE VIEW: Updating the Ten Commandments
By Joseph F. Coates
The Ten Commandments may need a modern, secular facelift.
Solving World
Problems
in 20 Years
A book review by Harlan Cleveland
Tackling world-scale problems with global networks could curb globalization's perils, says
Jean-François Rischard, the author of High Noon: Twenty Global Issues, Twenty Years
to Solve Them.
From virtual communities to smart mobs
Seniors need options for learning
Government
War crimes against
nature
Technology
Simulating Earth's systems
Economics
Alternatives to growing drugs
Impacts of shrinking households
Sustainable use of the oceans
Dead trees add to global warming
Demography
Mapping poverty
Making sex education more effective
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