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NIC - Mapping the Global Future 2020 - http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html
A document based on consultations with non governmental experts around the world, with regional and global scenarios representing alternative futures. By the National Intelligence Council, US Government. |
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Why the Future Doesn't Need Us - http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html
Article on how technologies, including robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology, are threatening to make humans an endangered species. |
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Principles of Forecasting - http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/
From the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Seeks to develop a set of principles to guide forecasting for problems in management, operations research, and the social sciences. |
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The Collegiate Landscape of the Future - http://www.collegiateway.org/future/
The universities of the future won't be built around the Internet; they will be built around small residential colleges. |
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Introduction to Future Studies - http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/IntroFS.HTML#FSMethodols
A summary of methodologies for studying change and future. By Linda Groff and Paul Smoker, Global Options, California State University, USA. |
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News for a Synergic Earth - http://www.synearth.net
A collection of discussions and articles focused on culture, systems thinking and how to create a more sustainable future. |
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100 Phenomena - http://www.linturi.fi/100_phenomena/index.html
Complete English text from the Finnish book "100 Phenomena" by Risto Linturi and Ilkka Hannula containing miniature scenarios for the years 2000 to 2020 illustrating what may happen in our future and how it will feel. |
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Carfree City Design - http://www.priorities.org/carfree.htm
Exploring the prospect of designing auto-less, sustainable communities with alternative transportation, renewable energy, pedestrian orientation, mixed-use zoning, fiber optics and recycling facilities in all units and other green features to aid in long-term quality of life survival. |
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Dr. Arthur B. Shostak - http://www.futureshaping.com/shostak/
Professor of Sociology, and futurist. Includes his essays and book reviews. |
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ROBOT: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, by Hans Moravec - http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/book98/
Additional figures and text for Moravec's book on the next six decades. |