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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... emphasizes the never - ending flow of human history and culture , the continuous unfolding of the human drama through countless ... emphasized in chapter 6. My hiking has included mountains , forests , 8 CRUCIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
... emphasizes the never - ending flow of human history and culture , the continuous unfolding of the human drama through countless ... emphasized in chapter 6. My hiking has included mountains , forests , 8 CRUCIAL QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FUTURE.
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... emphasized in these sentences from MacLean's chapter in MacLean and Brown ( 1983 , p . 193 ) : " If we were to learn that the world would end with our death , this would have the profoundest effect on our lives and our valued projects ...
... emphasized in these sentences from MacLean's chapter in MacLean and Brown ( 1983 , p . 193 ) : " If we were to learn that the world would end with our death , this would have the profoundest effect on our lives and our valued projects ...
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... emphasized that " Armageddonist tendencies can quickly diminish if there are alternative images of hope and of human continuity . Clearly this is a time to explore and cultivate love for our world and hope for its future . " The most ...
... emphasized that " Armageddonist tendencies can quickly diminish if there are alternative images of hope and of human continuity . Clearly this is a time to explore and cultivate love for our world and hope for its future . " The most ...
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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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