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| Special Feature |
The Kingdom that Missed Weak Signals
Upcoming events co-hosted by FUTUREtakes
at World Future 2010 in Boston!
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| WFS Learning Section Bulletin |
Learning Section Steering Team Steve Steele, Peter Bishop, John Smart, Jay Gary, Dave Stein, Yvonne Andres, Wendy Schultz, Tom Abeles, Ron Newell, Kay Strong
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| Editorial Board |
Editor-in-Chief
Dave Stein
Managing Editor
Jay Herson
Regional Editors
Stephen Aguilar-Millan, UK
Anthony Au, China
José Cordeiro, Venezuela
Sohail Iyanatullah, Australia
Alphan Manas, Turkey
Julio A. Millán, Mexico
Youngsook Park, South Korea
Carolyn Stauffer, South Africa
Mohan Tikku, India
Louis Tuvée, France
Bengt-Arne Vedin, Sweden
Book Review Editor
Ken Harris
Design Editor
Silvia Cavaco
Circulation Manager
Carl Pinches
Director, Special Projects
Tommy Osborne
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Public Relations
Natalie Ambrose
Lisa-Joy Zgorski
Editor, Weak Signals
Elina Hiltunen
Chapters' Corner Column Editor
Verónica G. Trovamala Inzunza
Associate Editors
Edison Durán
Linda Groff
Jay Herson
Wendy Keslick
Tommy Osborne
Arthur Shostak
Stephen Steele
Associate Editors, Educational Programs
Lois Neuman
Tim Mack
Exchange Editor
Gina Mostafaie
Webmaster
Silvia Cavaco
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Editors-in-Chief, Emeriti
Andy Hines
Richard Mayer
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| From the Desk of Tim Mack, President, World Future Society |
On occasion, I like to share experiences and insights from the wide range of presentations WFS does in various parts of the world on a range of subjects that might interest to readers of FUTUREtakes. In this case, I recently did a series of lectures on the future of education in Mexico at the Monterrey Institute of Technology. Founded on the model of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, it has been much more expansive, and now has more than 30 campuses throughout Mexico.
While a range of questions were addressed in these sessions, one set included what kinds of tools and techniques would be most useful in adapting education to new technologies and new contexts (such as globalization) over the coming decades. Accordingly, I will talk about a range of issues while attempting to pull out the common threads. Read Full Article
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A New Age of Exploration
Space: The Next Energy Frontier, by Carolyn Stauffer |
The choice to bridge the chasm between the Earth and Outer Space is an accomplishment worthy of tribute, and one of the greatest technological feats ever undertaken by humankind. It has opened to us a universe of breathtaking new possibilities right at a time when the world’s ‘energy insecurities’ make it necessary for us to take the quantum leap of utilising stellar substances as the raw materials for new ways to power the Earth. Read Full Article
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The Weak Signal of Mobile Governance
by Rick Smyre & Norma Owen |
We live in a time of great historical disruption and transition from the Industrial Age to what some are calling the Connected Age, where a new language will be needed to identify ideas and methods that are not a part of present reality. No longer will traditional thinking and action be able to adapt to a society and economy that is constantly changing, interconnected, and increasingly complex. Read Full Article
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