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Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Coates' 2025 available for download! 

2025: Scenarios of US and Global Society Reshaped By Science and Technology



Monday, July 27, 2009

Foresight Manual in Spanish 

Libro de Prospectiva y Estrategia
Libro de Prospectiva y Estrategia de los profesores Javier Medina y Edgar Ortegón. Excelente manual que nos permitirá un acercamiento a la prospectiva y a la estrategia.



EPO scenarios 

EPO scenarios  Download


In the course of a two-year project, the EPO interviewed
around 150 key players - including critics - from the fields of science,
business, politics, ethics, economics and law, seeking their opinions on how
intellectual property and patenting might evolve over the next fifteen to
twenty years. Four scenarios - relevant and plausible stories about the future - were
developed in a series of workshops from their answers.


Each scenario examines the future from a different perspective:






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Market Rules
(business)




The story of consolidation in the face of a system that has
been so successful that it is collapsing under its own weight












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Whose Game?
(geopolitics)




The story of conflict in the face of changing geopolitical
balances and competing ambitions












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Trees of Knowledge
(society)




The story of erosion in the face of diminishing societal
trust












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Blue Skies
(technology)




The story of differentiation in the face of global systemic
crises









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Saturday, July 04, 2009

Sohail Inayatullah essays here 

Articles by Sohail Inayatullah



Friday, July 03, 2009

UK Foresight and Futures reviewed 

UK Parliament - POST publications - science policy
332 - Futures and Foresight PDF Document
Four page POSTnote, May 2009
In 2007, the Commons Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) suggested that Parliament strengthen its capacity to think ahead and engage with outside experts and the wider public. This POSTnote examines the key characteristics of futures work and its current use by governments and parliaments. It covers futures work at national and local levels, and the extent to which it needs to consider social and other trends alongside developments in science and technology.



The Year 2000 online 

Hudson Institute > Herman Kahn
Lots of Kahn material including a PDF image of y2000. 
Though there is MUCH to disagree with, he was a towering figure.



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