Social forecasting, future studies Books

"Level 2 AI Adoption may arrive before AGI"In The Last AI, author S. M. Sohn takes the readers through an exciting journey on the future of how AI may impact our business, economy, and society. Based on the premise that it is easier to understand the...

Discover how you can leverage systemic disruption to drive sustainable value creation!What does our complex and unpredictable world mean for you as a business?The bestselling "Disruption as a Springboard to Value Creation" focuses on strategic...

What stops Africa, with its abundant natural resources, from capitalising on its boundless potential? Well-known Africa analyst Jakkie Cilliers uses 11 scenarios to unpack, in concrete terms, how the continent can ignite a growth revolution that will...

COVID-19 has brought about a rupture in the trajectory of our societies, presenting the world with an unprecedented crisis, but also providing a point of reflection and an opening to imagine and articulate alternative futures. "Infectious Futures:...

Acidentes escolares fazem parte da vida dos alunos, porém dependendo da gravidade há a necessidade urgente dos primeiros atendimentos. Muitas vezes a chegada de um atendimento especializado é demorada, levando o aluno a uma situação crítica e até mesmo a...

2038 de l'ancien calendrier. An XVIIIe de l'ère eurocorporative. L'Alliance panaméricaine, l'Union Eurocorpo et la Sinosphère se partagent le monde. La France n'existe plus. Elle est divisée entre...

WORLD PEACE: Though it means different things to different people, it is a concept that man has strived for since history began. The WORLD AT PEACE in the not so distant future attempts to answer such questions as…What is peace?How is it...

This book considers the philosophical underpinnings, policy foundations, institutional innovations, and deep cultural changes needed to ensure that humanity has the best chance of surviving and flourishing into the very distant future. Anticipation of...

In the complex tapestry of life, decisions are the threads that weave our stories. "Decide with Confidence: A Therapist's Insight into Decision-Making" is a transformative guide that navigates the intricate landscape of choices, offering a comprehensive...

Innovative strategic planning is an important step toward achieving economic stability and global sustainability. This can best be achieved through effective international cooperation and digitalization of activities. Societal and global processes...

Humanity is nearing a technological tipping point. The blistering pace of technological, scientific, and social change is ushering in an era in which human bodies merge with devices, corporations know everything about us, and artificial intelligence...

Dan Pink, best-selling author of DRIVE wrote:“WORK THE FUTURE! TODAY is an ebullient paean to the power of story. What we need is a new story based on purpose, not on profit. With a mind toward sustaining the planet rather than just amassing money,...

This edited collection highlights the valuable ontological and creative insights gathered from anticipation studies, which orients itself to the future in order to recreate the present.　　The gathered essays engage with many writers from speculative...

Hope and the Future is a critically important book by one of our times’ most  respected and original social thinkers. This second edition includes a new preface and additional examples that more specifically address unsettling events of the...

Anyone who has visited a foreign place can relate how disorienting it is to lack a command of the local language. To orient ourselves within the human environment and operate effectively in our modern world, we must be able to communicate.Organizations...

What global future would ensure hope, justice and peace to the human mankind? In view of a fast evolving post-Covid world order, this volume explores a novel Christian post-colonial approach to global affairs. It examines the existing 'sociology of the...

Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author's expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism.The book takes a systems approach that...

Becoming a Buddhist monk in Thailand has for a long time provided the opportunity for access to a good education and to social advancement, both to bright, poor rural youths and to members of the urban elite whose youth often become monks for a few...

High Praise from Charles Edmund Degeneffe, Ph.D., CRC, ACSWSan Diego State University"Through its nearly 50 year history, the Star Trek franchise reflects trends, debates, and cultural beliefs of modern society. Through "All You Need to Know About...

What will South Africa look like in 2030? And how will the next fifteen years unfold? South Africa has undergone dramatic change in recent years. Political tensions are on the up, economic performance has weakened, and South Africans are increasingly...

In recent planning and policy making, utopian thought and experimental approaches to the organization of society and the built environment have been rare. Sustainable society is viewed as something created within the framework of current society, by...

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Uncertainty and possibility are emerging as both theoretical concepts and fields of empirical investigation, as scholars and practitioners seek new creative, hopeful and speculative modes of understanding and intervening in a world of crisis.This book...

The changes that are upon us will alter the face of every industry, business and government but, even more importantly, the way you and society live. Drawing on Olivier Van Duüren’s extensive global experience at the cutting edge of one of the...

In this thought-provoking book, noted cultural scholar D. Paul Schafer makes the case for what he calls the world as culture --- a world in which culture is the central organizing principle of human civilization. For the past two and a half centuries, we...

As citizens, do we ever ask ourselves? Why do we do what we do?This book is an attempt to bring the harsh realities that is surrounding us as citizens of the world. It shows how the human intellect is being corrsioned with time where media, power blocks...

This book, written by philosopher and futurist Neil Freer, actually began thousands of years ago with the oldest recorded stories in the world. These records speak of the gods having been here on Earth and can be found in all major cultures worldwide...

In "Science and the Future of Mankind," Hugo Boyko explores the potential impact of technological advancements on the future of humanity. From artificial intelligence to space exploration, Boyko provides a thought-provoking analysis of what the future...

Collaborations responds to the growing pressure on the humanities and social sciences to justify their impact and utility after cuts in public spending, and the introduction of neoliberal values into academia. Arguing 'in defense of' anthropology, the...

Beyond speculation and sensationalism, this book brings together a significant body of authentic information about life on the other planets in our solar system, as reported by contactees the world over. By showing the similarities among the stories of...

DIe Coronaviruskrise rüttelt an den Grundfesten des menschlichen Zusammenlebens. Zahlreiche Anpassungsvorgänge der technisch-demokratischen Massendemokratie werden dadurch beschleunigt.Das Buch befasst sich mit den psychologischen Wirkungen der Krise auf...

This book investigates how African authors and artists have explored themes of the future and technology within their works. Afrofuturism was coined in the 1990s as a means of exploring the intersection of African diaspora culture with technology,...

Embark on a transformative journey of intellectual growth and mastery with "Developing Your Analytical Thinking Skills." In a world inundated with information and complex challenges, the ability to think critically, solve problems effectively,...

In this book Saint Germain explains that his actual vision for what is possible in his Golden Age is so far beyond what we see manifest today that most people will not be able to accept it as possible. And if people cannot accept it as a realistic...

Wie lange möchten Sie leben? Stellen Sie sich vor, Sie müssten nur ein Elixier einnehmen, um weitere 100 oder sogar 1000 Jahre zu leben?Hätte das wirklich nur Vorteile? Für Forscher, die sich mit dem Thema Langlebigkeit beschäftigen, ist der...

After a symmetric learning process of mutual integration, native Europeans and those with a migrant background will conclude that they should build a new society jointly and launch a common project for democratic governance of the economy. A roadmap is...

The Future Factor offers an inspiring, optimistic view of the human future

Population, Progress, Ethics addresses a number of critical problems America currently faces. First, and most importantly, this book tackles the huge issue of human overpopulation, a crisis now affecting everyone on our planet. The worlds human...

Copernicus and Galileo's sun-centered model of the solar system gave us our view of space. Newton and Einstein's mechanical and electromagnetic models of the universe gave us our view of nature. Can the human condition be captured with a similarly...

Mankind and societies throughout our planet during the next 100 years to well before the year 2400 are going to be faced with problems and impact events on a scale and magnitude never before experienced by the human race. Changes underway now regarding...