| Description |
xvii, 332 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Part 1: Futures we have glimpsed -- Ch. 1. A difficult century -- Ch. 2. Deep futures -- Part 2: Understanding the task -- Ch. 3. What is the question? -- Ch. 4. Understanding how societies change over time -- Part 3: Taking charge -- Ch. 5. A strategy for managing the deep future -- Ch. 6. Guidelines I: nursing the world through endless change -- Ch. 7. Guidelines II: learning forever -- Ch. 8. Guidelines III: working on perennial issues -- Ch. 9. Stories to live by -- App. Basic properties of dissipative (energy-degrading) systems |
| Summary |
What is the future of humanity? Will we survive this century and, if we do, how "well" will we survive into the next millennium? This text addresses these questions, looking at what has been forseen by serious future-gazers and scientists for the prospects of the human and post-human lineage |
| Analysis |
Future studies (Australia ) Popular science |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 304-320 |
| Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
| Subject |
Twenty-first century -- Forecasts.
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Social evolution.
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Forecasting.
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| Genre/Form |
Forecasts.
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| Author |
Cocks, K. D. (Kenneth Douglas)
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| ISBN |
0868404934 paperback |
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0773526714 |
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0773526722 Canada paperback |
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