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. Contents: The Future of Human Civilization; What Is Most Important of All?; Why Do We Act In Ways That Hurt Our Future?; What Will Our Actual Future Turn Out To Be?; How Can We Achieve a Satisfactory Future?; Preventing the Worst Catastrophes; Intelligent Life in the Universe: What Role Will It Play In Our Future?; From Which Aspects of Reality Can We Gain Meaning and Purpose?; How Can Each Person Contribute? |
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... satisfactory future ? My response in this chapter spells out five priorities that we must pursue vigorously in order to achieve a reasonably positive future for human civilization . Because all five priorities are of crucial importance ...
... satisfactory future ? My response in this chapter spells out five priorities that we must pursue vigorously in order to achieve a reasonably positive future for human civilization . Because all five priorities are of crucial importance ...
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... satisfactory future are slim if governments and laws do not shift toward emphasizing equality of opportunity for future generations . We need to sharply reduce the influence ... futures , HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE A SATISFACTORY FUTURE ? 51.
... satisfactory future are slim if governments and laws do not shift toward emphasizing equality of opportunity for future generations . We need to sharply reduce the influence ... futures , HOW CAN WE ACHIEVE A SATISFACTORY FUTURE ? 51.
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... satisfactory future ? We have seen that many others have wrestled with this question . Most of them have emphasized the priorities outlined in this chapter : ( 1 ) rapidly expand our knowledge and ideas ... SATISFACTORY FUTURE ? 69.
... satisfactory future ? We have seen that many others have wrestled with this question . Most of them have emphasized the priorities outlined in this chapter : ( 1 ) rapidly expand our knowledge and ideas ... SATISFACTORY FUTURE ? 69.
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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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