Deep futures : our prospects for survival /

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Cocks, K. D. (Kenneth Douglas)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Kensington, N.S.W. : University of New South Wales Press, 2003.
Subjects:
Social evolution.
Forecasting.
Twenty-first century > Forecasts.
Cultural Evolution
Forecasting
Évolution sociale.
Prévision.
Vingt et unième siècle > Prévisions.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Future Studies.
Twenty-first century.
Forecasts.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Futures we have glimpsed
  • Ch. 1. A difficult century
  • Ch. 2. Deep futures
  • Part 2: Understanding the task
  • Ch. 3. What is the question?
  • Ch. 4. Understanding how societies change over time
  • Part 3: Taking charge
  • Ch. 5. A strategy for managing the deep future
  • Ch. 6. Guidelines I: nursing the world through endless change
  • Ch. 7. Guidelines II: learning forever
  • Ch. 8. Guidelines III: working on perennial issues
  • Ch. 9. Stories to live by
  • App. Basic properties of dissipative (energy-degrading) systems.

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