Making Sense of the Future
Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by...
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2021
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| description | Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achieving these goals that could gain broad support. Each chapter begins with a “How to” section that discusses how we can identify goals, strategies, trends, surprises, or implementation strategies and concludes with an integrative analysis that draws connections across the preceding discussions. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Szostak explores key trends and how these interact so that he can develop strategies to guide trends towards desirable futures. He discusses the ways in which we can best prepare for surprises such as epidemics and natural disasters, enabling us to react to them in beneficial ways. Supported by a list of guiding questions and suggestions for class projects, this is an accessible textbook for students of Future Studies and Future Studies courses. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-717912025-08-13T14:10:58Z Making Sense of the Future Szostak, Rick democracy desirable futures environment future studies institutions interdisciplinarity intersiciplinary studies plausible futures systems values wildcards Textbook thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFZ Social forecasting, future studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JB Society and culture: general::JBF Social and ethical issues::JBFZ Social forecasting, future studies thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHB General and world history Making Sense of the Future integrates the latest thinking in Future Studies with the author’s expertise in world history, economics, interdisciplinary studies, knowledge organization, and political activism. The book takes a systems approach that recognizes the complexity of our world. It begins by suggesting a set of goals for human societies and identifying innovative strategies for achieving these goals that could gain broad support. Each chapter begins with a “How to” section that discusses how we can identify goals, strategies, trends, surprises, or implementation strategies and concludes with an integrative analysis that draws connections across the preceding discussions. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Szostak explores key trends and how these interact so that he can develop strategies to guide trends towards desirable futures. He discusses the ways in which we can best prepare for surprises such as epidemics and natural disasters, enabling us to react to them in beneficial ways. Supported by a list of guiding questions and suggestions for class projects, this is an accessible textbook for students of Future Studies and Future Studies courses. 2021-02-10T12:58:18Z 2021-08-30T12:43:17Z 2022 book ONIX_20210830_9781000465600_5 ONIX_20210830_9781000465600_5 OCN: 1266643843 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/50517 9781000465600 9781032033488 9781003186854 9781032033501 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/71791 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50517/1/9781000465600.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50517/1/9781000465600.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50517/1/9781000465600.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/50517/1/9781000465600.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9781003186854 10.4324/9781003186854 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 9781000465600 9781032033488 9781003186854 9781032033501 Routledge 206 open access |
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