FUTUREtakes (ISSN 1554-7744)
Back Issue Contents
vol. 6 no. 4 (Winter 2007-2008)
articles
The Second Cold War, 2006 – 2018, by Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory, p. 1
Detached Observer – an Anachronism?
The Scientific Method After Next, by Dave Stein, p. 1
WFS Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Winter 2007-2008, by Peter Bishop, Steve Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 14
regular columns
Building Vibrant Organizations, by Verónica Trovamala, Chapters' Corner Editor, p. 10
book reviews
Changing Rhythms of American Family Life, by Suzanne M. Bianchi, John P. Robinson, and Melissa Milkie (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 7
Meals to Come: A History of the Future of Food (California Studies in Food and Culture), by Warren Belasco (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 11
Future, Inc. – How Businesses Can Anticipate and Profit from What's NEXT, by Eric Garland (book review by Jay Herson), p. 13
other
Invitation to join Weak Signals Group, by Elina Hiltunen, Finland Futures Research Centre, p. 2
articles
Information Technology (and Demographic Necessity) Will Transform Healthcare, by David Pearce Snyder, Consulting Futurist, p. 1
Systemic Visioning and Innovation for Equitable and Sustainable Socio-Economic Development, by John "Zac" Zachariassen, President, the Solertia Institute, p. 1
WFS Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Fall 2007, by Peter Bishop, Steve Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 11
also see Visualize the Future (a futures learning tool) by Steve Steele, Professor, Institute for the Future at Anne Arundel Community College, p. 12
book reviews
The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 7
Useless Arithmetic: Why Environmental Scientists Can't Predict the Future, by Orrin H. Pilkey and Linda Pilkey-Jarvis (book review by Jay Herson), p. 7
articles
The Dragon and the Tiger Revisited, by Stephen Aguilar-Millan, Director of Research, The European Futures Observatory, p. 1
Where do Future-Oriented People Find Weak Signals?, by Elina Hiltunen, Finland Futures Research Centre, p. 1
Highlights from World Future 2007: Fostering Hope and Vision for the 21st Century, by Jay Herson, Managing Editor, FUTUREtakes, p. 4
WFS Futures Learning Section Bulletin, Summer 2007, by Peter Bishop, Steve Steele, and Dave Stein, p. 10
also see Living in 2050: Nine Trips to the Future and Back, by Steve Steele, Professor, Institute for the Future at Anne Arundel Community College, p. 13
regular columns
Reinventing the Chapters' Corner, by Verónica Trovamala, Director, WFS Mexico and Chapters' Corner Editor, p. 11
book reviews
The Boomerang Age: Transitions to Adulthood in Families, by Barbara A. Mitchell (book review / discussion synopsis by Lisa Roney and Carolyn Shettle), p. 12
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water – The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century, by Fred Pearce (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 14
thematic issue, “International and Cross-Cultural Perspectives on the Future”
articles
The Irresistible Soft Power of Ukraine, by Olexandr Aleksandrovych, Minister-Counselor, Embassy of Ukraine in Washington DC, p. 1
A French Touch, by Louis Tuvée, Coordinator, WFS French Chapter, p. 4
Futures Studies Activities in Germany: Towards a Perspective of Foresight, by Cornelia Daheim, Project Director, International Research, Z-punkt GmbH The Foresight Company, p. 9
A Multicultural Millennium, by Jennifer Butler, President, Racially and Ethnically Mixed Student Association (REMIX), The George Washington University, p. 15
Revolution of Traditionalism: Look at Future, by Mamuka Tsereteli, Executive Director of the America-Georgia Business Council and part-time faculty member at The George Washington University and American University, p. 20
Armenia, by Karinne' Hovnanian and Emanuel Mkrtchian, Co-Presidents, Armenian Student Network, The George Washington University, p. 23
Future's Trends: Culture vs. Institutions, by Bengt-Arne Vedin, Professor of Innovation Management, Mälardalen University, p. 26
Africa – Fast-Forwarding into the Future, by Carolyn Stauffer, writer, p. 30
Getting to 2025 – Inspiring Cross-Cultural Leadership, by David Day, Founding Partner, Incite Leadership, p. 34
The State of Culture 2025: the “Meta-Question,” by Nathaniel Wade, researcher, p. 38
Reflections on Identity in An Increasingly Interdependent World, by Linda Groff, Director, Global Options Consulting, and Professor, California State University, p. 41
vol. 5, no. 4 (Winter 2006-2007)
articles
Throwaway Economy in Trouble, by Lester R. Brown, Founder and President, Earth Policy Institute, p. 1
The Globalization of Science, Spirituality and Peace, by Joseph R. Giove, p. 1
Futurist History Comes Out of the Closet, by Jay Herson, p. 2
On the Future of Palestine, the Middle East, and our Well-Being, by Arthur B. Shostak, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Department of Culture and Communication, Drexel University, p. 4
book reviews
National Differences, Global Similarities: World Culture and the Future of Schooling, by David P. Baker and Gerald K. LeTendre (book review / discussion synopsis by Lisa Roney and Carolyn Shettle), p. 14
program synopses
Anticipatory Learning Strategies for Schools and Organizations (dinner program by Marsha Rhea, senior futurist, Institute for Alternative Futures), p. 13
vol. 5, no. 3 (Late Fall 2006)
articles
Employing Geoethics to Avoid Negative Nanotechnology Scenarios in Undeveloped Countries, by Guido David Núñez-Mujica, p. 1
Professor Leon Fuerth and the Case for Forward Engagement, by Natalie Ambrose, p. 1
Downloading Education, by Jay Herson, p. 6
book reviews
Common Destiny: Filipino American Generations, by Juanita Tamayo Lott (book review by Luceli C. Cuasay), p. 16
program synopses
The Widening Gaps in Pharmaceutical Therapies: Cost – Health – Trust (dinner program by panelists Bill Rowley, Institute for Alternative Futures, Jay Herson, Johns Hopkins University, and Mat Salo, National Governors Conference), p. 14
Ten Tips for Creating More Powerful Future Stories (luncheon program by Joseph Tankersley, Walt Disney Imagineering), p. 18
vol. 5, no. 2 (Summer-Fall 2006)
articles
The (Political) Party is Over?
South Korea – Leader in E-Democracy, by Youngsook Park, p. 1
Globality and Futurity: Innovation Frameworks for 21st Century Training, by Irving H. Buchen, Capella University and IMPAC University, and Albert John Cacade, Multimedia Republic, p. 1
World Future 2006: July 28-30, Toronto, by Jay Herson, p. 6
book reviews
Future Washington, by Ernest Lilley, ed. (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 14
program synopses
From Walt Disney Imagineering!
Storytelling the Future (dinner program by Joseph Tankersley, Walt Disney Imagineering), p. 12
articles
Trade and National Security Implications
IPv6: the World's New Internet Protocol – Is America Ready to Defend its Leadership of the Internet Universe? by Joel B. Coulter and Samuel Lee Hancock, p. 1
The Future of Mainstream and Non-Traditional Religion, by Dave Stein, p. 1
Looking Forward … and Backward, by Jay Herson, p. 4
The Future Calls for a New Way of Seeing, of Being, of Doing, by Sr. Brenda Walsh, p. 11
book reviews
The World is Flat, by Thomas L. Friedman (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 14
program synopses
The "Rush Hour" is Neither – Will It Ever Be?
The Future of Transportation in the Washington D.C. Region in 2030 (dinner program by panelists Ron Kirby, Director of Transportation, Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments, Gary Maule, Principal, RTKL Associates, and Michael Huerta, of Affiliated Computer Services, Inc., and moderator Patricia Nicoson, President, Dulles Corridor Rail Association), p. 5
regular columns
Future (Re)Takes, by Russell Wooten, p. 2
vol. 4, no. 3 (Winter 2005-2006)
articles
Wanted – Futures Travel Now, by Arthur B. Shostak, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Department of Culture and Communication, Drexel University, p. 1
FROM: Unknown Alternative Future Worlds, TO: Prudent Defense Technology Investments, by Dave Stein, p. 1
A $40 Trillion Legacy? by Haeworth Robertson, p. 7
book reviews
The Future of the Brain: The Promise and Peril of Tomorrow's Neuroscience, by Steven Rose (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 9
Anticipate the World You Want: Learning for Alternative Futures, by Marsha Lynne Rhea (book review by Maya Horton), p. 16
program synopses
Living Happily Ever After? The Future of Social Security (dinner program by Dean Baker), p. 5
The Future of Leadership (luncheon program by Herb Rubenstein), p. 10
regular columns
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 12
vol. 4, no. 2 (Summer-Fall 2005)
articles
Through the Present Into the Future of Psychiatry, by Maurie D. Pressman, Emeritus Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Temple University Medical Center, and Emeritus Chairman of Psychiatry at Albert Einstein medical Center, p. 1
Future Scenarios for the Profession of Nursing, by Barbara Ann D'Anna, Anne Arundel Community College, p. 1
To Exit with Grace: New Directions for Futurists, by Juanita Tamayo Lott, p. 4
A Conference Snapshot: World Future 2005 – Foresight, Innovation and Strategy, by Jay Herson, p. 6
Koshland Science Museum (companion article), by Russell Wooten, p. 9
book reviews
Collapse, by Jared Diamond (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 10
program synopses
What is the Long Term Future of Climate Change?
Climate Change: An Inter-Generational Hot Potato (dinner program by Peter Schultz, the National Academies), p. 7.
articles
Learning Environment for the 21st Century, by Lois H. Neuman, LHNeuman Consultants, p. 1
Civilization and Its Discontents – Revisited!
The Future of Armed Strife, by Dave Stein, p. 1
Futurists' Top 10 Ideas to Revitalize Ohio, by David J. Staley, p. 21
book reviews
Shaping the Next One Hundred Years: New Methods for Quantitative Long-Term Policy Analysis, by Robert J. Lempert, Steven W. Popper and Steven C. Bankes (reviewed by Jay Herson), p. 4
Who Will Pay? By Peter S. Heller (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 8
The Progress Paradox, by Gregg Easterbrook (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 9
Fewer, by Ben J. Wattenberg (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 10
program synopses
Is a New Constitution in our U.S. Future? (dinner program by Joe Coates, Joe Coates Consulting Futurist, Inc.), p. 11
Downsizing Democracy: How America Sidelines Its Citizens and Privatized Its Public (luncheon program by Matthew A. Crenson, Professor of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University, and Benjamin Ginsberg, Professor of Political Science and Director of the Study of American Government, Johns Hopkins University), p. 13
Integrated Revitalization: The Dominant Development Trend for the 21st Century (dinner program by Storm Cunningham, Executive Director, Revitalization Institute and CEO, Revitalization Strategies), p. 16
regular columns
Dave's Think Tank, by Dave Stein, p. 2
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 22
vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 2004-2005)
articles
Creating and Unreasonable Future, by Monika Kosmahl Aring, p. 1
Why the 'Individual' is Becoming Increasingly Paramount – The Rise of the Self, by Carolyn Swarr Stauffer, p. 1
The Future Generations Fund, by Tim Mack, President, World Future Society, p. 4
Terrorism – The Future of War or Just Another Phase?, by Tommy T. Osborne, COL, US Army (Ret), p. 7
book reviews
Futures Research Methodology, v. 2.0, Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon, editors (reviewed by Jay Herson), p. 6
The Wisdom of Crowds, by James Surowiecki (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 8
Digital Soul, by Thomas Georges (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 8
The Hype About Hydrogen, by Joseph J. Romm (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 9
program synopses
How will we receive care in 2025?
Megaforces Changing Health Care (dinner program by Bill Rowley), p. 12
Next Time, the Planes Might Not Need Pilots...
Emerging Weapons of Mass Destruction Technologies: Impact on US Security (dinner program by Forrest Waller), p. 14
Beyond Oil?
The Great Energy Transition (dinner program by Robert L. Olson), p. 15
regular columns
Dave's Think Tank, by Dave Stein, p. 5
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 22
other
Thinking Outside the Box – A Practical Lesson, by Jay Herson, p. 27
articles
The Rise and Fall of Civilizations, by Darlow Botha, p. 1
Looking Back
The "Past" of FUTUREtakes, by Andy Hines, John Meagher, Dave Stein, p. 4
Consumers Hold Today's Key to Managing Business Uncertainty (reprint from IAF Newsletter, April 2004, with permission), p. 7
book reviews
Bare Branches: The Security Implications of Asia's Surplus Male Population, by Valerie M. Hudson and Andrea M. den Boer (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 10
The Next Big Thing is Really Small, by Jack Uldrich and Deb Newberry (book review / discussion synopsis by Ken Harris), p. 10
program synopses
The Borg is Here!
The Cyborgization of Humans (dinner program by Mark Bayliss, CEO of Visual Link, Inc., Joel Coulter, Xybernaut Corporation, and Roosevelt Ellison, Xybernaut Corporation), p. 11
The Future of Sex (dinner program by Eric Garland), p. 13
Think Small!
From Housecalls to House Calls (dinner program by Dick Smith), p. 18
A Holistic Approach
Integral Futures: What This Is and How to Employ the Theory (luncheon program by Richard Alan Slaughter, Professor, Swinburne University of Technology and Director, Foresight International), p. 21
regular columns
Future (Re)Takes, by Russell Wooten, p. 1
Dave's Think Tank, by Dave Stein, p. 5
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 6
articles
Future Life Forms Among Posthumans, by José Luis Cordeiro, p. 1
RFID Current and Future Uses, by Russell Wooten, p. 1
Space Security via the Olympic Spirit, by Martin Schwab, p. 4
Brain Research Shakes Up Assumptions (reprint from IAF Newsletter, May 2004, with permission), p. 5
book reviews
Global Trade and Conflicting National Interests, by Ralph E. Gomory and William J. Baumol (reviewed by Calvin Olano), p. 5
program synopses
The Millennium Project (dinner program by Jerome Glenn, Director of the Millennium Project at the American Council for United Nations University), p. 8
Our International President Speaks!
Futuring: Preparing for a Changing World (dinner program by Ed Cornish, Founder and then-President of the World Future Society), p. 9
A New Meaning of "The Future!"
The Post-Biological Universe (dinner program by Steven Dick, National Aeronautics and Space Administration), p. 12
Breakthrough or Breakdown?
You Can Change the World (dinner program by Ervin Laszlo, Founder, Club of Budapest), p. 16
regular columns
Future (Re)Takes, by Russell Wooten, p. 7
Dave's Think Tank, by Dave Stein, p. 7
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p.13
articles
Beating Swords, Shields and Plowshares into Planetary Defense, by Martin Schwab, p. 1
Global Insights on Emerging Issues (reprint from IAF Newsletter, August 2003, with permission), p. 9
program synopses
The Restoration Economy (dinner program by Storm Cunningham, Executive Director, Revitalization Institute and CEO, Revitalization Strategies), p. 8
Interactive Foresight Exercises (dinner program by Joe Coates, Eric Garland, and Dick Smith), p. 9
Interactive Foresight Exercises II (dinner program by Joe Coates and Eric Garland), p. 12
discussion threads
Discussion Thread on Demographic Issues: Demography as Destiny, by Juanita Tamayo Lott, p. 14
Discussion Thread on Cultural Diversity, by Tommy T. Osborne and Dave Stein, p. 14
regular columns
Biometrics: A Future Take, by Russell Wooten, p. 1
Future-Lite, by Lindan Lee Johnson, p. 7
Dave's Think Tank, by Dave Stein, p. 7
articles
Communities Promoting Active Living (reprint from IAF Newsletter, April 2003, with permission), p. 3
book reviews
The Great Wave: Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History, by David Hackett (reviewed by Calvin Olano) p. 1
program synopses
Balancing Privacy and Security (dinner program by Bruce McConnell), p. 1
discussion threads
Discussion Thread on Demographic Issues: Demography as Destiny, by Juanita Tamayo Lott, p. 4
Discussion Threat on Evolving Concepts and Uses of Time, by Tommy T. Osborne, p. 4
Discussion Thread on Cultural Diversity, by Dave Stein, p. 5