The Fabulous Future? : America and the World in 2040 /
Will the future be one of economic expansion, greater tolerance, liberating inventions, and longer, happier lives? Or do we face stagnation, declining quality of life, and a technologically enhanced totalitarianism worse than any yet seen? The Fabulous Future? draws its inspiration from a more optim...
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| Taal: | Engels |
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Evanston, Illinois :
Northwestern University Press,
2015.
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- Introduction: The future of prediction / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
- Organization of the volume and list of contributors
- The future of economic growth : slowing to a crawl / Robert J. Gordon
- Longer and healthier lives? / Eileen M. Crimmins
- A happier world? / Richard A. Easterlin
- The world in 2040 / Robert L. Gallucci
- The future of American religion / Eboo Patel
- Freedom's future / Wendy Kaminer
- Especially of the future / Mark A. Ratner
- The era of answers / John Kelly III
- Bridging the gap between knowing and doing : the new environmental governance / Mark R. Tercek and Jimmie Powell
- The future of higher education in the United States (and the world) / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro
- Media of the future / Arianna Huffington
- The future of fearmongering / Barry Glassner
- Conclusion: The world to be / Gary Saul Morson and Morton Schapiro.