World Future Society
The World Future Society (WFS) is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization founded in 1966 and based in Chicago, Each year it reviews the past year in order to make predictions about the future,and each July holds a conference which features speakers and one- or two-day courses dealing with futures studies. Membership is open and many members are not professional futurists. The society says that its membership includes sociologists, scientists, corporate planners, educators, students and retirees
Magazines
The Futurist The Futurist was established in 1967.It was previously a full-color bimonthly magazine and is now an online publication that reports on technological, societal, and public policy trends. The Futurist was nominated for a 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Science and Technology Coverage.[citation needed] The Futurist has published articles by forecaster and Smart Money columnist Jamais Cascio[citation needed], NASA chief research scientist Dennis Bushnell, Financial Times economist Martin Wolf, workplace expert John Challenger and Wall Street Journal "Gen X" columnist Alexandra Levit.The magazine published exclusive interviews with former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich serving U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, Harvard evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser[citation needed], as well as inventor (and World Future 2010 featured speaker) Ray Kurzweil[citation needed]. The Futurist featured coverage on:
The World Future Society (WFS) is a nonprofit educational and scientific organization founded in 1966 and based in Chicago, Each year it reviews the past year in order to make predictions about the future,and each July holds a conference which features speakers and one- or two-day courses dealing with futures studies. Membership is open and many members are not professional futurists. The society says that its membership includes sociologists, scientists, corporate planners, educators, students and retirees
The Futurist The Futurist was established in 1967.It was previously a full-color bimonthly magazine and is now an online publication that reports on technological, societal, and public policy trends. The Futurist was nominated for a 2007 Utne Independent Press Award for Best Science and Technology Coverage.[citation needed] The Futurist has published articles by forecaster and Smart Money columnist Jamais Cascio[citation needed], NASA chief research scientist Dennis Bushnell, Financial Times economist Martin Wolf, workplace expert John Challenger and Wall Street Journal "Gen X" columnist Alexandra Levit.The magazine published exclusive interviews with former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich serving U.S. congressman Dennis Kucinich, Harvard evolutionary biologist Marc Hauser[citation needed], as well as inventor (and World Future 2010 featured speaker) Ray Kurzweil[citation needed]. The Futurist featured coverage on:
- Powering an energy-hungry civilization with uranium, sunlight, wind, the gulf stream, garbage, ammonia, algae, other sources.
- The potential impact of artificial intelligence and nanotechnology on invention and manufacturing, Changing the weather to combat climate change,How to create your own artificial island nation, The job market of the 21st century, The future of national security in the age of cyber warfare, by former White House advisor Marvin Cetron,The influence of neuroscience on traditional ideas of morality.
- Powering the World with Artificial photosynthesis. The Futurist Mindset The Futurist Mindset is a framework for approaching all aspects of life with an open and constructive perspective. This framework can be applied to art, science, technology, government, philosophy or virtually any aspect of our daily lives. People operating with a Futurist Mindset are free thinkers, able to step back from the intangible societal influences and create better choices for themselves, their organizations and society at large.
- The Futurist Mindset is best characterized by the following traits: Being adaptive and resilient in the face of change. A neutral position, i.e. a willingness to hold and evaluate multiple possible current realities, operating with an understanding that two realities can be evaluated simultaneously. Conscious use of foresight, hindsight, and insight to have more choice.
- Being empathetic to others and their views. Taking a keen interest in the technological advances of the current day, so as to have an improved understanding of how the future may unfold tomorrow. People who operate with a Futurist Mindset are consciously working to create a more inclusive future and are well equipped to take on the challenges of our deepest and most intractable problems of not just today, but importantly tomorror
