Contents for
September-October 2003
Volume 37, No. 5
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
Can we stick like geckos?
Childless seniors
Fireflies help fight cancer
Wearable power
Predicting the wind
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in a Digital Age
By David J. Staley
A Scholar studying the history of technology looks at two alternative futures: one with books and one without.
The Coming Labor Shortage
By John A. Challenger
Current Trends point to a shortage of qualified labor in the immediate future. Hare are
some ways to cope with it.
Our Mission on Mars
By Tad Daley
A Human mission to Mars--and a deadline for achieving it--could inspire all of humanity to
reach for the stars.
Visions: Doug Michels:
Visionary Architect
Farming's Changing Role
in the Economy
By Carl Zulauf
Improved farm productivity has allowed consumers to reduce their overall spending on food,
but could soon be over.
By Graham T.T. Molitor
Policy makers are grappling with increasingly complex agricultural issues.
The
Use and Abuse of Models
By Gregory F. Pashke
How to ensure the viability of the models we use in every day live and work.
From Bright Ideas to Right Ideas: Capturing the Creative Spark
By Michael Michalko
Thinking in new ways opens the mind to boundless possibilities and creative solutions.
Scenarios: Impact!
Simulating an Asteroid Hit
By Cynthia G. Wagner
What if an asteroid splashed into the Atlantic Ocean near the U.S. coast?
Rating Future Dangers:
Natural and Human-Caused
A book review by Lane Jennings
The odds are even on whether the world is coming to an end. But astronomer Martin
Rees, author of Our Final Hour, doesn't tell us what to do about it.
Books in Brief
Assumption-Based Planning
Well-Being
Fewer refugees, more displaced persons
Cohabitation breakups rise
Society
The Holistic Future of Aging
By Aviv Shahar
Environment
The growing water crisis
U.S. energy demand continues upswing
Money and brains
Counting intangible assets
"Mini-jobs" grow in Germany
Government
Innovation village
Government of the apathetic, for the apathetic
Technology
New system reads body language
Plasma sterilization
New system reads body language
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