Futuring : the exploration of the future /
Cornish, Edward, 1927-2019.
Futuring : the exploration of the future / Edward Cornish. - Bethesda, Md. : World Future Society, c2004. - xiv, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-290) and index.
Explorers of the future -- The great transformation -- Six supertrends shaping the future -- Understanding change -- Systems, chance, and chaos -- Futuring methods -- Knowing the world around us -- Using scenarios -- The wild cards in our future -- Inventing the future -- The past as a guide to the future -- Predicting the future -- How the future became what it used to be -- The futurist revolution -- Improving our futures -- Future generations.
0930242572 (hardcover)
2004000249
Social prediction.
Forecasting--Methodology.
Social change.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Decision making.
HM 901 / .C67 2004
Futuring : the exploration of the future / Edward Cornish. - Bethesda, Md. : World Future Society, c2004. - xiv, 313 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-290) and index.
Explorers of the future -- The great transformation -- Six supertrends shaping the future -- Understanding change -- Systems, chance, and chaos -- Futuring methods -- Knowing the world around us -- Using scenarios -- The wild cards in our future -- Inventing the future -- The past as a guide to the future -- Predicting the future -- How the future became what it used to be -- The futurist revolution -- Improving our futures -- Future generations.
0930242572 (hardcover)
2004000249
Social prediction.
Forecasting--Methodology.
Social change.
Twenty-first century--Forecasts.
Decision making.
HM 901 / .C67 2004