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22 pages found in Essays: Australia's Future
A prediction about the nature of the impending Republic of Australia.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/smartboard/decline/civfut.htm Carfree City Design
Exploring the prospect of designing auto-less, sustainable communities with alternative transportation, renewable energy, pedestrian orientation, mixed-use zoning, fiber optics and recycling facilities in all units and other green features to aid in long-term quality of life survival.
http://www.priorities.org/carfree.htm The Collegiate Landscape of the Future
The universities of the future won't be built around the Internet; they will be built around small residential colleges.
http://www.collegiateway.org/future/ Dr. Arthur B. Shostak
Professor of Sociology, and futurist. Includes his essays and book reviews.
http://www.futureshaping.com/shostak/ Ethical Issues of Robots in Society
Discusses the ethical issues of robots in society, such as robot slavery and daily treatment.
http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/ethical-issues-robots-society Future Studies
Essays on change, the future of humanity, and transhumanism, by Nick Bostrom; archival site, no longer updated.
http://www.future-studies.com/ Future Studies: An Interdisciplinary Vehicle for Space Science Education
Essay on use of futur studies in the space science curriculum which includes example methods, suggested reading, and three futures course descriptions.
https://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/nasa/future.htm Innovation Watch
Follows developments in science, technology, business, society and the environment and assesses their impact.
http://www.innovationwatch.com Introduction to Future Studies
A summary of methodologies for studying change and future. By Linda Groff and Paul Smoker, Global Options, California State University, USA.
http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/IntroFS.HTML#FSMethodols Manifesto for the Peoples of the Third Millennium
An outline of processes for developing progressive alternative societies.
http://m3peeps.org/manif.htm A Message From Future Generations
People of the future give advice on spiritual and political development. Dr. Allen Tough's book.
http://ieti.org/tough/articles/fg.htm News for a Synergic Earth
A collection of discussions and articles focused on culture, systems thinking and how to create a more sustainable future.
http://www.synearth.net NIC - Mapping the Global Future 2020
A document based on consultations with non governmental experts around the world, with regional and global scenarios representing alternative futures. By the National Intelligence Council, US Government.
http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html 100 Phenomena
Complete English text from the Finnish book "100 Phenomena" by Risto Linturi and Ilkka Hannula containing miniature scenarios for the years 2000 to 2020 illustrating what may happen in our future and how it will feel.
http://www.linturi.fi/100_phenomena/index.html Philosophy of Technology
Several essays centered on how the world will cope with humanity's natural drive towards cultural and physical speciation.
http://home.comcast.net/~reillyjones/ Principles of Forecasting
From the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Seeks to develop a set of principles to guide forecasting for problems in management, operations research, and the social sciences.
http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/ ROBOT: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, by Hans Moravec
Additional figures and text for Moravec's book on the next six decades.
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/book98/ Saving the Future
Suggests key changes that lead to an acceptable future. Offers articles and forum.
http://savingthefuture.siteideas.net/ Scenarios: The Red Herring Column
Contains several papers about various topics. Including Yucca Mountain, the uture of the economy, and broad band.
http://www.gbn.org/ColumnListDisplayServlet.srv?col=10 The Sky is the Linit
A personal discussion of the most relevant and actual of the world's problems.
http://jp.senescence.info/thoughts/transhumanism.html Social Fiction - S. Flor
Report from the year 2029: local markets have become an important complement to the established global economic system.
http://www.social-fiction.de Why the Future Doesn't Need Us
Article on how technologies, including robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology, are threatening to make humans an endangered species.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html
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