World population has become a major concern for the future of our planet. Currently at 6.5 billion with estimates for 2050 of 11.5 billion. Over 95% of this future increase will be in the poorest... More > regions of the Earth, the developing countries. Islam is the Worlds fastest growing religion especially in the developing countries. Many people currently living in the West have a great fear that the Islamic world continues to grow too strong to control. The new world of 2050 and beyond will be a different world from the one we now know. But maybe not! The Futurists, a new organisation mostly of people from America and other Western countries, decided to act before it was too late. This book is about the Futurists and their plans for a New World. What they were planning to do would totally change the world and its remaining inhabitants. Among their plans was a reduction in the population of the world by up to 90% almost overnight including total 'wipe-outs' in anti Western parts of the world...< Less
World population has become a major concern for the future of our planet. Currently at 6.5 billion with estimates for 2050 of 11.5 billion. Over 95% of this future increase will be in the poorest... More > regions of the Earth, the developing countries. Islam is the Worlds fastest growing religion especially in the developing countries. Many people currently living in the West have a great fear that the Islamic world continues to grow too strong to control. The new world of 2050 and beyond will be a different world from the one we now know. But maybe not! The Futurists, a new organisation mostly of people from America and other Western countries, decided to act before it was too late. This book is about the Futurists and their plans for a New World. What they were planning to do would totally change the world and its remaining inhabitants. Among their plans was a reduction in the population of the world by up to 90% almost overnight including total 'wipe-outs' in anti Western parts of the world...< Less
The world is changing, but not nearly fast enough.
Over thirty wide-ranging articles and essays show how humanity's worst problems can all be reduced to the most basic one: the friction between... More > complex social systems.
The most blatant interface problem is software, but it also affects education, mass movements and trends, poverty in all its forms, and ultimately politics.
The second half of the book features extreme speculations about the nature of progress, the universe, technology, awareness, futurism and science fiction, and the long-term evolution of mankind.
The future has not yet begun.< Less
The world is changing, but not nearly fast enough.
Over thirty wide-ranging articles and essays show how humanity's worst problems can all be reduced to the most basic one: the friction between... More > complex social systems.
The most blatant interface problem is software, but it also affects education, mass movements and trends, poverty in all its forms, and ultimately politics.
The second half of the book features extreme speculations about the nature of progress, the universe, technology, awareness, futurism and science fiction, and the long-term evolution of mankind.
The future has not yet begun.< Less
The future will be full of fascinating creatures. Some are tougher than others, as in the modern world. Here is the story of a Deinognathus and an anaconda, two species that in the Metazoic world... More > will clash together as predator and prey. Only the preying part of this story is taken out. But watch as these two heavyweights duke it up in the ring!< Less
PLEASE NOTE: My new book "Friction is Fiction" (also at LULU) contains most of these essays and stories, and a lot more recent stuff, as well. Be sure to look at "Friction is... More > Fiction" before buying this edition.
Futurist Gerd Leonhard presents his best writings and blog posts from 2008 and 2009. Gerd Leonhard is a Media Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author, Blogger http://www.mediafuturist.com The WSJ calls Gerd ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’. Gerd’s work focuses on the Future of Media, Content, Technology, Business, Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Communications and Culture; and he is considered a leading expert on topics such as Social Media, Web 2.0, UGC and Peer Production, Social Networking, Copyright Trends, Convergence, Mobile Entertainment, and new Advertising and Branding Strategies.< Less
PLEASE NOTE: My new book "Friction is Fiction" (also at LULU) contains most of these essays and stories, and a lot more recent stuff, as well. Be sure to look at "Friction is... More > Fiction" before buying this edition.
Futurist Gerd Leonhard presents his best writings and blog posts from 2008 and 2009. Gerd Leonhard is a Media Futurist, Keynote Speaker, Author, Blogger http://www.mediafuturist.com The WSJ calls Gerd ‘one of the leading Media Futurists in the World’. Gerd’s work focuses on the Future of Media, Content, Technology, Business, Marketing, Advertising, Branding, Communications and Culture; and he is considered a leading expert on topics such as Social Media, Web 2.0, UGC and Peer Production, Social Networking, Copyright Trends, Convergence, Mobile Entertainment, and new Advertising and Branding Strategies.< Less
