Contents for
November-December 2005
Volume 39, No. 6
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future.
ABOUT THIS ISSUE
By Cynthia G. Wagner,
Managing Editor
Feedback Executive Summaries Back Issues
Tomorrow in Brief
Child's Play and World Problems
Skin Cancer Increases Among Young People
Nanotubes May Deliver Drugs
Car-to-Car Talk
Flower Power
Feedback
Consultants and Services
COVER STORY: |
Futurists Gather to Develop Foresight, Innovation, and Strategy
By Cynthia G. Wagner
The 2005 conference was one of the World Future Society's most successful meetings
ever, according to President Tim Mack. Here is an overview.
Outlook 2006
The World Future Society's annual roundup of thought-provoking forecasts examines trends
in business, science, health, education, the environment, values and much more.
Hyperjobs: The New Higher-Level Work and How to Grow Into It
By Richard W. Samson
As traditional jobs disappear, people will need to develop their nonautomatable skills to
remain marketable and productive.
Working in the Future: How Today's Trends Are Shaping Tomorrow's Jobs
By John A. Challenger
Globalization, aging, and trends in technology and society will create opportunities for
Eco-Relations Manager, Outsourcing Coordinators, and more.
Career Planning for the 21st Century
By Joyce Gioia and Roger Herman
A liberal arts degree, a varied background, and a willingness to learn new things may
be the best preparation for the job market of tomorrow.
VISIONS: Powered by Play: A Child-Run Water Pump
By Patrick Tucker
The Play-Pump brings relief and enjoyment to communities in developing regions.
Humanity's
NearFuture: Heaven, Hell, or Just Hanging On?
A book review by Lane Jennings
Optimists and pessimists duke it out over humanity's technological future. Extremely
horrific futures may prove the most likely scenario, suggests Joel Garreau in Radical
Evolution.
Food, Farming, and the Future
By Carl Zulauf
Technology
Mapping of Rice May Feed Billions
Sensors Will Help Protect Coasts
Demography
Mobility for Tomorrow's Seniors
Urbanization Models Examined
The Rapid Evolution of English
Economics
The Rising Costs of Global Warming
Environment
The Struggle for Environmental Security
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