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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... Outcome The state of human civilization 40 years from now could turn out to be clearly worse than today . It could turn out to be clearly better . Or it could be somewhere in between . In a nutshell , these are the three types of outcome ...
... Outcome The state of human civilization 40 years from now could turn out to be clearly worse than today . It could turn out to be clearly better . Or it could be somewhere in between . In a nutshell , these are the three types of outcome ...
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... outcome . As we take into account everything that we know about the dangers , negative and positive forces , and potential breakthroughs and solutions , we have some sort of guess about probability . For some people , this guess will be ...
... outcome . As we take into account everything that we know about the dangers , negative and positive forces , and potential breakthroughs and solutions , we have some sort of guess about probability . For some people , this guess will be ...
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... outcome 40 years from now . Continuing on our present path with a " business as usual " approach will very likely lead to a highly negative outcome . Our present rate of positive change is not enough to avoid catastrophes and a general ...
... outcome 40 years from now . Continuing on our present path with a " business as usual " approach will very likely lead to a highly negative outcome . Our present rate of positive change is not enough to avoid catastrophes and a general ...
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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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