Contents for
November-December 2003
Volume 37, No. 6
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
Better Music Through Science
Computers Will Master Their
Masters' Needs
Is the Universe Hitting
Menopause?
CPR Made Easy
House of Rubbish
Feedback
Contributors Tribute
Consultants and Services
By Lester R. Brown
We need to restructure our economy in order to save the environment--and we need to do it at wartime speed.
Online Music: The Sound of Success
By Eric Garland
The online music industry is turning the traditional music industry on its head.
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Outlook 2004
A roundup of recent forecasts from the World Future Society for 2004 and beyond, covering
technology, business, education, energy, health, values, and much more.
By Stephen M. Millett
Could the end of combat be near? New technologies will help make war faster and safer for combatants. They may even make war unnecessary.
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2003: Drama, Power, and Politics
Reported by Arthur B. Shostak, Janet Hennard, and John Smart
CEOs, innovators, and politicians created another exciting highly successful Society
conference.
Scenarios: Lake Development: Balancing the Needs of Man and Nature
By Cynthia G. Wagner
Researchers examine four scenarios for the lakes of northern Wisconsin.
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Compute, Therefore I am": Tomorrow's Self-Aware Machines
A book review by Lane Jennings
As machines start to simulate human qualities, we need to think seriously about the
potential impacts, suggests Digital Soul author Thomas M. Georges.
Books in Brief
2003 State
of the Future
The Life and
Death of Planet Earth
Climate Change Threatens Food Supplies
French Firms Fight Oil Slicks
Britain Buzzes With New Wildlife
Demand for Fish Creates Shortage of
Worms
Society
Where, Oh
Where, Have the Good Old Songs Gone?
Policing the Language Police
Government
A Model
for Fighting AIDS
Megaprojects and Megamistakes
Globalization from the Top Down
Demography
Preventing
Child Deaths
High Growth in Recreational Regions
Technology
Programming Matter: A Possible
Future
Modeling Internet Traffic
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