Daniel Bell |
-- a university of arizona
course on methods and approaches for studying the future
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Biography: Professor of Social Sciences, Harvard University. Previous positions
as editor for Fortune Magazine, chair/member of various national commissions.
Coined the term "post industrial society."
Comments by rlc: senior statesman for social implications of change
Worldview: society is made up of several parts and is not an integrated whole,
still changing "post industrial" shifts, and new market systems.
Driving force views
Compare with others on views:
Time horizon and relative optimism
Global and sociotechnical orientation
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.