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2013 Issues of The Futurist

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  • July-August 2013 (Vol. 47, No. 4)
  • May-June 2013 (Vol. 47, No. 3)
  • March-April 2013 (Vol. 47, No. 2)
  • January-February 2013 (Vol. 47, No. 1)
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About the July-August FUTURIST

Posted on June 18, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Futuring
Cynthia Wagner's picture

Preview of Things to Come in July! A WorldFuture Sneak Peek. For this issue of THE FUTURIST, we invited several of our 2013 conference participants to offer us a preview of their forthcoming presentations at WorldFuture 2013: Exploring the Next Horizon:

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Environment Update: Another Carbon Capture Technique Revealed

Posted on June 18, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Conservation
  • Earth
  • Energy
  • Pollution
  • Recycling
  • Sci/Tech
Len Rosen's picture

With all these coal-fired and fossil-fuel driven power plants in the world the quest for capturing CO2 continues in research laboratories all over the world.

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Welcome to the White Queen's Kingdom!

Posted on June 18, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Futuring
Alireza Hejazi's picture

When the White Queen tells Alice that in her land "memory works both ways," Alice tries to argue with the Queen, saying "I'm sure mine only works one way...

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Gizmos and Gadgets: Self-Charging Cell Phones Coming Soon

Posted on June 17, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Communications
  • Energy
  • Sci/Tech
Len Rosen's picture

Smartphones are too smart for their own good. Users have come to rely on them so much that they constantly need recharging. The batteries just can't keep up with the usage.

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The Sunset of the Alchemy of Uncertainty

Posted on June 16, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Futuring
Michael Lee's picture

“Thus the centre of the system of the world is immovable.”
Isaac Newton Principia Mathematica (Book 111) (1687)

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Urban Landscapes Update: China's Great Urbanization Experiment

Posted on June 16, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Humanity
Len Rosen's picture

Only in a centrally controlled economy could you pull off what China is attempting to do by moving a quarter billion of its people from rural villages and farms to new urban centres. This begs the question - why?

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Is Perennial Thinking the Solution to Conquer World Hunger While Saving the Environment?

Posted on June 15, 2013
Subject(s):
  • Agriculture
  • Conservation
  • Food
  • Pollution
Len Rosen's picture

An article in today's Globe & Mail by Shaun Pett got me thinking about our heavy reliance on annual staple crops to feed the wo

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Leadership and Long-term Perspective

Posted on June 14, 2013
Verne Wheelwright's picture

Type the word “leadership” into a Google search and you will get over 400 million returns. Overwhelming! This article is about just one component of leadership— long-term perspective.

Most people will agree that the primary responsibility of a leader is to lead, and in order to lead, you must know where you and your organization are going. Not just to the next quarter, but over the next ten years or more.

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