Possible Events to Shape the Future
-- a university of arizona course on methods and approaches for studying the future

Possible events
Technological breakthroughs
Negative events
Nuclear wars, especially initiation by less developed countries
Increase in terrorism
Global economic collapse
AIDS and other epidemic diseases
Revolution in Mexico
Asian ring war
Systems breakdown
Neutral events
Development of global information networks
Workforce transformations from mechanical to knowledge-based
Millenial fever
Intensive computer use
Extraterrestrials, antigravity and other advanced technologies
Influences on Futurist Thinking

Futurists Viewpoints | Future Thinkers

Note: a primary reference for much of this material is Coates, Joseph and Jennifer Jarratt. What Futurists Believe, A World Future Society Book, Published by Lamond in 1989. 340 pages.


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Prepared by Roger L. Caldwell