Futuring the exploration of the future - Cornish, Edward 1927- (Bethesda, Maryland World Future Society, 2004)
Explorers of the future -- The great transformation -- Six supertrends shaping the future -- Understanding change -- Systems, chance, and chaos -- Futuring methods -- Knowing the world around us -- Using scenarios -- The wild cards in our future -- Inventing the future -- The past as a guide to the future -- Predicting the future -- How the future became what it used to be -- The futurist revolution -- Improving our futures -- Future generations.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-290) and index.
CSSP-6361 donated by The Rotary Club of Beaverton, Oregon, United States of America.
Keywords: Social prediction; Forecasting -- Methodology; Social change; Twenty-first century -- Forecasts; Decision making