Possible Events to Shape the Future

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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

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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.