2008 state of the future

Autor: Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, Elizabeth Florescu
Rok: 2008
ISBN: 9780981894102
OKCZID: 110699434

Citace (dle ČSN ISO 690):
GLENN, Jerome C. 2008 State of the F [online]uture [elektronický zdroj]. Washington, D.C., Wash.: Millennium Project, 2008. 1 CD-ROM. [cit. 3/22/2023].

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The 2008 State of the Future comes in two parts: a 100-page print executive summary and an attached CD containing about 6,300 pages of research behind the print edition and the Millennium Project's 12 years of cumulative research and methods. Some unique features not available in other global assessments include: 15 Global Challenges Prospects, Strategies, Insights; State of the Future Index for the world and nations; Government Future Strategy Units and some potentials for international strategic coordination; Global Energy Collective Intelligence system design options; Environmental Security overview; Real-Time Delphi technique; 700 Annotated Scenario Sets; and much more futures intelligence on technology, environment, governance, and the human condition. This ''report card on the future'' distills the collective intelligence of over 2,500 leading scientists, futurists, scholars, and policy advisers who work for governments, corporations, non-governmental organizations, universities, and international organizations. It is produced by the Millennium Project, which collects, feeds back, and assesses insights from creative and knowledgeable people on emerging crises, opportunities, strategic priorities, and the feasibility of actions. ''Half the world is vulnerable to social instability and violence due to rising food and energy prices, failing states, falling water tables, climate change, decreasing water-food-energy supply per person, desertification, and increasing migrations due to political, environmental, and economic conditions,'' says the report. However, it notes that ''Ours is the first generation with the means for many to know the world as a whole, identify global improvement systems, and seek to improve such systems. We are the first people to act via Internet with like-minded individuals around the world. We have the ability to connect the right ideas to resources and people to help address our global and local challenges.'' The report is a ''global overview of our technological, environmental, social, economic future prospects, strategies to address them -- what the educated person should know about the world and what to do to improve it'' says co-author and Millennium Project Director Jerome C. Glenn.

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