Crucial Questions about the FutureUniversity Press of America, 1991 - 133 síður Crucial Questions About the Future presents readers concerned about the long-range future and their place in it with a series of tough but necessary questions and, refreshingly, offers no pat answers. Instead, what is offered is a structured and reason-bound exploration of the complexities of modern life with which the reader, or the future-studies inclined academic, can provide his own answers to these eternal and critical questions. |
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... advanced extraterrestrials . A printed agenda focused the discussion on several major questions about helping the fledgling human civilization . I concluded that most or all of the advanced civilizations in the universe avoid harming ...
... advanced extraterrestrials . A printed agenda focused the discussion on several major questions about helping the fledgling human civilization . I concluded that most or all of the advanced civilizations in the universe avoid harming ...
Síða 93
Allen M. Tough. Advanced civilizations are probably letting us develop freely , without interference , in order to maximize the amount of information they gain ; if they interfere and control us , they will learn less ( Kuiper and Morris ...
Allen M. Tough. Advanced civilizations are probably letting us develop freely , without interference , in order to maximize the amount of information they gain ; if they interfere and control us , they will learn less ( Kuiper and Morris ...
Síða 94
... civilization , we realize that several species on earth are 300,000,000 years older than we are ( Calder , 1983 ) . Because other civilizations in our galaxy are thousands of years older than human civilization , they have probably advanced ...
... civilization , we realize that several species on earth are 300,000,000 years older than we are ( Calder , 1983 ) . Because other civilizations in our galaxy are thousands of years older than human civilization , they have probably advanced ...
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What Is Most Important of All? | 7 |
Why Do We Act in Ways That Hurt Our Future? | 25 |
How Can Each Person Contribute? | 111 |
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