This book explores futures research by examining counterfactual questions in the future tense. It discusses various intractable issues across politics, religion, and technology, presenting scenarios that focus on future discontinuities rather than traditional cause-and-effect narratives. It highlights innovative tools for futurists in envisioning global outcomes.
This "Report Card on the Future" distills the collective intelligence of over 2,000 leading scientists, futurists, scholars, and policy advisors who work for governments, corporations, NGOs, universities, and international organizations. The 2006 State of the Future comes in two a 125-page print executive summary and a 5,400-page CD. The CD contains all the research behind the print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s 10 years of cumulative research and methods. Some unique features not available in other global - 15 Global Challenges – Prospects, Strategies, Insights- 4 Global Energy Scenarios for 2020 - rich in detail- 650 Annotated Scenario Sets- State of the Future Index- Reflections on 10 years of Global Futures Research- And much more futures intelligence on technology, environment, governance, the human condition