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Jeremy Rifkin
Into the 21st: The Future of Commerce, Economy, and Culture
Jeremy Rifkin explores a variety of themes: ethical, economic, and scientific that confront us as the 21st century unfolds.
Ethan Zuckerman
Bright Green Technology for the Developing World

Ethan Zuckerman, a social activist and internet entrepreneur on a mission to bring information technology to developing countries, speaks with WIE’s Ross Robertson about the complex challenges—and untapped potential—of creating a truly sustainable, equitable, and interconnected world.

Daniel Burrus
Living in a World of Accelerating Change

A technology forecaster and strategic advisor to Fortune 500 companies, Dan Burrus shares his insights about new innovations on the horizon and explores why it’s so important to start thinking about the future today.

Steven Vedro
The Coevolution of Technology and Consciousness

Steven Vedro speaks to WIE’s Carter Phipps about his recent book, Digital Dharma: A User’s Guide to Expanding Consciousness in the Infosphere, and discusses the unique role that technology plays in the evolution of consciousness.

Ray Kurzweil
The Enlightened Universe
Forward-thinking scientist and inventor Ray Kurzweil shows you not just the shape of things to come but just how soon they're coming!

Articles

Stranger Than Science Fiction
The World Future Society's annual conference takes a brave look at the culture of tomorrow
Issue 27
The Globalization of Morality
Robert Wright explores the challenges of terrorism and the evolution of human ethics
Issue 26
Eye on the Future

We know who you are: human scanners, memory reading, genetic engineering, and the coming loss of anonymity.

Issue 25
Faster Forward
Impressions of Our Emerging Future

From the far out to the close at hand, four futurists zoom out for a bird's eye view on the global changes we're experiencing now and can anticipate in the future—each outlining both the unprecedented challenges and mind-spinning opportunities humanity faces in the minutes and years to come

Issue 23
I'm Optimistic

This Internet entrepreneur and philanthropist has a dazzling vision of a 2050 society and some bold ideas to get us there.

Issue 19
Has Heaven Died and Gone to Physics? or The Gospel According to Frank
A Book Review of Frank J. Tipler

A review of The Physics of Immortality, Frank J. Tipler's reductionist prophecy of an eternity far stranger than paradise.

Issue 11
Visions of the Future
The Arlington Institute Looks at the World of Tomorrow

Surprising scenarios of promise and peril from John Petersen, founder of futurist think tank, the Arlington Institute.

Issue 23