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THE FUTURIST is a bimonthly magazine published continuously since 1967 by the World Future Society and is a principal benefit of membership, read by 25,000 members worldwide. We are also available on newsstands coast to coast in the United States.Among the many influential thinkers and experts who have contributed to THE FUTURIST are: Al Gore, Alvin and Heidi Toffler, Buckminster Fuller, Frederik Pohl, Isaac Asimov, Vaclav Havel, Hazel Henderson, and Margaret Mead.In the past year, THE FUTURIST has featured articles and columns by William G. Mitchell and Joel Garreau on urban planning;Ray Kurzweil, John Smart, and J. Storrs Hall on the Singularity;Daniel Barnett of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health on flu pandemic;Andrew Bacevich and Edward N. Luttwak on U.S. defense posture;Pulitzer Prize nominee James Martin on the existential challenges of the twenty-first century;NRDC vehicles campaign director Deron Lovaas and former CIA director James Woolsey Jr. on energy independence;New Atlantis editor Christine Rosen and New York Times Company futurist-in-residence Michael Rogers on media futures;and U.S. Comptroller General David M. Walker on U.S. fiscal policy, among many others. THE FUTURIST was recently nominated for an Utne Independent Press Award for Best Science and Technology Coverage.

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Each issue of THE FUTURIST contains feature articles written by outstanding experts in a wide range of fields: business, creativity, education, economics, environment and resources, values, cutting-edge technology and more. In addition, several departments offer shorter news briefs, book reviews, and other items of interest from a variety of sources.We are constantly looking for new articles to publish, both by established authorities and new authors. A complete list of our writers guidelines can be found online

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Futurist Top Ten Forecasts for 2008 and Beyond!Business professor Nat Irvin II (University of Louisville) tells a personal story about his partial blindness and his insights as a futurist at the World Future Society's 2007 conference. He will chair the Society's 2008 conference in Washington, D.C. Details at http://www.wfs.org ................ ........... Biomedical researcher Gregory Stock, author of "Redesigning Humans," speaks on "Biotechnology and Health Care: The Road Ahead" in this excerpt from his presentation at the World Future Society's 2007 conference. Details go to www.wfs.org************************************************* * Dr. Helen Fisher, author of "Why We Love," addresses the World Future Society's 2007 conference, describing the impacts of antidepressants on the brain systems associated with romance and attachment. For more information visit http://www.wfs.org

My Blog

Where's My Flying Car?

http://www.wfs.org/Sept-Oct08/Moller.htmPowered by ShareThis Paul Moller has spent the last 40 years trying to bring a flying car to market. We talked to him about his latest prototype, where you can ...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:20:00 PST

THE FUTURIST MAGAZINE looks at Ocean Habitation

http://www.wfs.org/Sept-Oct08/Castaways.htmPowered by ShareThis What kid didn't dream of living at sea in a glittering bubble dome? Today, researchers from around the globe are taking the first steps...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Fri, 22 Aug 2008 08:17:00 PST

WorldFuture 2008 Interview Jerry Allan

Gerald E. Allan, president of Criteria Architects Inc., is a WorldFuture 2008 keynote speaker. Here, he discusses his upcoming presentation: Five Great Ideas and Five Great Challenges the World Nee...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Mon, 30 Jun 2008 05:25:00 PST

FUTURIST Magazine Asks, What is the Future of Publishing?

Print this News Release RSS FUTURIST Magazine Asks, What is the Future of Publishing? BETHESDA, MARYLAND June 06, 2008 Publishing News World Future Society / World Future S...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:17:00 PST

FUTURIST in New York Times

.. language=JavaScript>document&183;write(day + " " + month + " " + myweekday + ", " + year);..> Wednesday, June 18, 2008 N.Y./Region June 2, 2008, 10:55 am Can We Build a Better Cran...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:16:00 PST

Social Machines

A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas about the future May-June 2008 Vol. 42, No. 3 Book Review Social Machines A new book argues that machines work best when they help us perform, not perform ...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Mon, 12 May 2008 11:12:00 PST

Germ Warfare Under the Microscope

From the May-June Issue of THE FUTURIST... Biowarfare isn't a new threat, rather one that's always changing. We asked MIT bioweapons expert Jeanne Guillemin to put the issue into perspective. ...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Mon, 05 May 2008 09:20:00 PST

How H.G. Wells Discovered the Future

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Posted by THE FUTURIST on Fri, 02 May 2008 06:55:00 PST

Tomorrow in Brief for May

edited by Cindy Wagner Born to Cheat? Are we born to cheat, or can we learn to act more honestly? In other words, is ethical behavior predetermined? Two psychologists have now put the belief in free w...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:58:00 PST

The Daughter Also Rises

Demography The Daughter Also Rises From the May-June issue of THE FUTURISTThe combination of a centuries old preference for male children, new sex-screening technologies, and better opportunities for ...
Posted by THE FUTURIST on Thu, 01 May 2008 09:57:00 PST