Futurist Contents

Contents for September-October 2000 Volume 34, No. 5	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 Electronic Ventriloquism Forget Your Password? Use Your Finger Genetic Library Speeds Up Progress Silk-Screening on Concrete Computer-Free Internet Access Feedback Consultants and Services Future Active Building Civilizations Russian Academy for Futures Studies Hail to the Chiefs Personal Futures Breakthrough Parenting Cyberadvocacy	COVER STORY: Forecasts That Missed by a Mile By Laura Lee It's easy to be wrong about the future, and there's a plethora of bad predictions to prove it. Fighting Traffic with Technology By PIARC Committee on Intelligent Transport Drivers may have an easier time in the future, thanks to access to real-time traffic information, computerized navigation, and automated cars. Box: Trend Analysis: Intelligent Transportation Systems By Jeff Minerd Driving in 2020: Commuting Meets Computing By Glen Hiemstra Environmentally friendly smart cars of the future will be part chauffeur, part personal assistant, and part Web browser.	24 Trends Reshaping the Workplace By John A. Challenger New technologies are changing how we work, and demographic forces are altering who will be working in the decades to come. The Echo-Boom Generation: A Growing Force in American Society By Mark L. Alch The largest generation in U.S. history is making itself felt. By some counts, the echo boomers outnumber their parents, the baby boomers, and have already created a new and powerful market. Coming Soon: The Nobody-in-Charge Society By Harlan Cleveland Bureaucracies and corporations are abandoning top-down management structures. Soon, nobody--and everybody--could be in charge. FUTURE VIEW: Teaching Utopia By Arthur Shostak
*BOOKS*	WORLD TRENDS & FORECASTS
The Futurist Bookshelf Selections from the Futurist What Futurists Can Learn from Utopian Writings Arthur B. Shostak reviews The Utopia Reader edited by Gregory Claeys and Lyman Tower Sargent Books in Brief Rousing Creativity by Floyd Hurt Our Cosmic Future by Nikos Prantzos The End of Internationalism or World Governance? by J. Ørstrom Møller	Society New Words in English Teen Sex Trends Support Groups Are Growing Rapidly Government How Governments Can Promote Wealth The Headaches of Being a Superpower Fax Signatures Technology Beyond the Genome Doctors Team Up with Computers	Economics Internet Will Aid Farmers By Paul Rux Hypergrowth for E-Commerce? Environment Clash of Trends: Disappearing Water vs. Super Farms Demography Transmigrants: Living in Multiple Cultures Senior Workers on the Rise Cyber Citizenship Gains in Developing World
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