January-February 2012, Vol. 46, No. 1
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January-February 2012, Vol. 46, No. 1
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Seeing, Guiding and Benefiting from Humanity’s Faster, Smaller, Smarter, and Wealthier Future
Humanity’s advances to date have been accompanied by great leaps in the density, diversity, and virtuality of our societies, and in the miniaturization and efficiency of our technologies. Among these and other variables determining social progress, two stand out as particularly special.
THE FUTURIST Magazine's Ten Favorite Predictions for 2011
Our interaction with the future—as individuals, groups, and nations—is an expression of both personal and national identity. Regardless of what may or may not happen, the future as idea continues to shape buying, voting, and social behavior. We interact with the future in a myriad of ways, but none is more conspicuous than the prediction.
Vaclav Havel on Transcendence
Today (December 18th, 2011) saw the passing of a wonderful artist, a courageous dissident, a great statesmen, and a member of the World Future Society, Vaclav Havel. On 1995, Havel contributed the following piece to THE FUTURIST magazine.
How to Become a Disciplined Futurist
Anyone interested in becoming a futurist can’t afford to miss these seven tipping points. In addition to the essential need of learning futures methods, theory, frameworks and philosophy, a futurist needs to be a disciplined guy in his profession.
The Long, Slow Road to a Post-Putin Russia
Russia underwent several governmental upheavals in the last hundred years—from tsarism to communism, then on to capitalism—and the massive demonstrations in Moscow and other Russian cities this past weekend against election fraud have some int
Brief Critique: The New God Argument
After posting a few weeks back on a Richard Dawkins article specific to Jesus and Atheism, I was responded by Lincoln Cannon a post called the New God Argument. I first heard this argument at the University of Utah from Lincoln while visiting the area for a conference.
USA Atheists - the non-pious are now philanthropic?
American atheists are elevating their presence in activism and charitable giving. Here's the evidence:
400+ Online Courses from Great Colleges
Many futurists argue that traditional institutions have a number of strategies at their disposal to improve online offerings.