sábado, agosto 28, 2010

2010 State of the Future
by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu
14th annual edition

Can civilization implement solutions fast enough to keep ahead of the looming challenges?

83 pages
Paperback with CD
ISBN: 978-0-9818941-3-3The world is in a race between implementing ever-increasing ways to improve the human condition and the seemingly ever-increasing complexity and scale of global problems.

This world report card on the future shows where we are winning and losing. It is an internationally acclaimed annual overview of the global situation, prospects, and strategies, summarized in 83 pages with details in the attached 7,000-page CD; assembled by a unique global think tank with 35 Nodes around the world.


It is an extraordinarily rich distillation of information with chapters on collective intelligence applications, prospects for Latin America by 2030; international assessment of 15 global challenges; State of the Future Index; emerging environmental security issues, samples of futures research around the world, and an executive overview of the global situation and prospects for humanity.

One of the rare examples of integrated thinking on global challenges that needs to be addressed if we are to enhance the quality of life for present and for future generations
Liz Mohn, Vice-Chair of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Germany

Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, should read this incredible document, period!
Technological Forecasting & Social Change

Invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society Ban Ki-moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations

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