social prediction

150 leading thinkers discuss issues about which they have changed their minds, including topics such as climate change, human-like computers, nuclear power, and religion.

Tracking key trends in the environment, agriculture, energy, society, and the economy to inform and inspire the changes needed to build a sustainable world. From meat consumption to automobile production to hydropower, Vital Signs, Volume 20 documents over two dozen trends that are shaping our future in concise analyses and tables and graphs. While remarkable progress has been made over the past year, much remains to be done to get the planet on a more sustainable track.

Presents more than twenty essays and articles on topics related to the year 1000 and the second millennium, the year 2000 and the third millennium, the planet's future, the economic outlook, and the society of the future.

A collection of essays by noted scholars who offer their perspective of the future of technology, medicine, and other fields.