Futurist Contents

Contents for November-December 2000 Volume 34, No. 6	A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE By Cindy Wagner, Managing Editor	SELECTED FORECASTS FROM THIS ISSUE\| READ BOOK REVIEWS
DEPARTMENTS	ARTICLES
Tomorrow in Brief Kid-Locating Device Warmer Climate Means More Snow A Locust Goes to the Movies Reducing Hospital Stays Disposable Hearing Aids Feedback Consultants and Services Future Active South Africa Starts Technology Think Tank Wendell Bell Receives Futures Award Engines of Creation Attention Utopia Teachers Tourists Go Nuclear! Forecasts for Telecommunications Futures Research as an Industry Obituary James C. Stephens	How Think Tanks Are Coping with the Future By James G. McGann The end of the Cold War, among other global events, is forcing think tanks to reinvent ways to raise money and capture the limited attention of policy makers. COVER STORY: Fourteen Forecasts for an Aging Society By Sam L. Ervin As the United States grows older, seniors who continue to work, take advantage of new technology, and plan ahead for long-term health care will fare the best. OUTLOOK 2001 By the staff of THE FUTURIST A roundup of the year's most thought-provoking forecasts.	The Taste of Tomorrow: Globalization Is Coming Home to Dinner By Brian J. Ford Fusion foods will blend many national cuisines. Functional foods will improve health and performance. Feel-good foods may also appear. Food Forecasts for 2050 By Art Siemering A noted food futurist predicts what and how we'll eat in the next 50 years. FutureFocus: Changes, Challenges, and Choices By Jeff Minerd Participants at the Wold Future Society's annual conference offered solutions for many problems. VISIONS: Barnstorming in Space By Jeff Minerd With a $10 million pot of gold to shoot for, commercial space vehicle developers reach for the stars.
*BOOKS*	WORLD TRENDS & FORECASTS
The Futurist Bookshelf Selections from the Futurist The Next World Order Victor Ferkiss reviews Chaos and Governance in the Modern World System by Giovanni Arrighi, Beverly J. Silver, et al. Books in Brief State of the Future at the Millennium by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon Recovering America by Malcolm Wells	Environment Farmers Harvest the Wind By Lester R. Brown Drinkable Seawater Technology Genes in Space Demography Fewer Welfare Recipients New Estimates of Alzheimer's Suffers Reducing Side Effects of Antipsychotic Drugs	Economics The Downside of Shareholder Value Eight Rules for Going Global Society Battling Pseudoscience High-Tech Conflict Resolution Government Ethics in the Genetic Age
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