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55 Trends Shaping Tomorrow's World
by Marvin J. Cetron and Owen Davies. WFS. 2008. 36 pages.
The world's population will double within the next four decades. Important medical advances will continue to appear almost daily. The global economy is growing more integrated. Future seniors will be healthier and wealthier. And water shortages will plague much of the world. These are among the 55 key trends that will change our world over the next two decades. Veteran forecaster Marvin J. Cetron has teamed with science writer Owen Davies for the latest update of their ongoing study four decades in the making. Among the major trends added for this new edition are the rise of militant Islam and the evaporation of privacy. This special publication of the World Future Society is excerpted in the March-April and May-June 2008 issues of THE FUTURIST.
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Outlook 2008
As featured on WTOP, Outlook 2008: Each year since 1985, the editors of THE FUTURIST have selected the most thought-provoking ideas and forecasts appearing in the magazine. Over the years, Outlook has spotlighted the emergence of such epochal developments as the Internet, virtual reality, and the end of the Cold War. From Outlook 2008:... The world will have a billion millionaires by 2025. ....Fashion will go wired as technologies and tastes converge to revolutionize the textile industry..... The threat of another cold war with China, Russia, or both could replace terrorism as the chief foreign-policy concern of the United States... Counterfeiting of currency will proliferate, driving the move toward a cashless society....The earth is on the verge of a significant extinction event. The Outlook 2008 report was released as part of the November-December 2007 issue of THE FUTURIST magazine. An individual report can be obtained from the World Future Society for $5 in both print and online PDF format.


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Global Warming and The Energy Transition
A "mini-guide" from Future Survey editor Dr. Michael Marien, Global
Warming and the Energy Transition includes review and analysis of 57 recent books, articles, and reports. 32 pages. Future Survey Mini-Guide 'Global Warming and the Energy Trans' [Printed Copy by Mail] 
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Technology's Promise: Highlights from the TechCast Project
The Hydrogen Economy will seriously begin to supersede the Oil Economy by about 2020. The portability, power, and connectivity of media devices will make entertainment-on-demand a force to be reckoned with among mass-entertainment providers. Space tourism is on the verge of "a golden age," as short, suborbital flights become more affordable--and whet the public's appetite for longer adventures. These and other forecasts appear in "Technology's Promise: Highlights from the TechCast Project" by George Washington University science and innovation professor William E. Halal. The ongoing TechCast Project pools the insights of 100 high-tech executives, scientists, engineers, academics, consultants, futurists, and other leading experts around the world to outline how the technology revolution is poised to transform life over the next 20 to 30 years. Technology's Promise is a 10-page report originally published in the November-December 2006 issue of THE FUTURIST.
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A Timeline for Technology: To the Year 2030 and Beyond
by Ian Pearson and Ian Neild
What's ahead in technology, and what will it mean? This new timeline offers a glimpse of likely developments--and of how they may change our lives: Species brought back from extinction. Immersive virtual-reality shopping booths. Robotic dance tutors. Holographic television. Production, storage, and use of antimatter. These and other fascinating potential breakthroughs pave the technological road before us. This 8-page full-color report was originally published in the March-April 2006 issue of THE FUTURIST.

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Future Careers
The insights of top workplace futurists were solicited for three articles in a special section of THE FUTURIST:

Richard Samson describes the skills needed for working in the new economy. ("Hyperjobs: The New Higher-Level Work and How to Grow Into It")
John Challenger shows how jobs will change in corporate settings. ("Working in the Future: How Today's Trends Are Shaping Tomorrow's Jobs")
And Joyce Gioia and Roger Herman focus on how we can prepare ourselves today for tomorrow's jobs ("Career Planning for the 21st Century")

Originally published in the November-December 2005 FUTURIST, these three articles are now available as a 15-page special report. Future Careers: One copy, $5 (Members, $4.50); 2-9 copies, $4 each (Members, $3.60); 10-99 copies, $3 each (Members, $2.70); 100+ copies, $2 each (Members, $1.80).
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The Art of Foresight: Preparing for a Changing World Updated!
Foresight is the secret ingredient of success, because without it we cannot prepare for the future or create the future we desire. But in an age of hyperchange, developing foresight and seeing our way to the future is harder and harder. Foresight techniques (such as trend analysis, scanning, scenario analysis, and more) are described, and a sample trend analysis (focusing on the growing population of elderly) shows foresight in action. This 8-page report from the World Future Society, originally published in the May-June 2004 issue of THE FUTURIST and updated for 2006, offers guidance for honing the foresight you'll need to find opportunities and avoid crises.
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