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A magazine of forecasts, and ideas about the future [ Contents ] - Tomorrow in Brief Microwave your tonsils Overcoming dyslexia Futuristic shopping carts Mini robotic camera Video chatting - Feedback - Consultants and Services - Future Active "Nice vices" exicte researchers 10 keys to success as a futurist - A Philosophical Wallop A book review by Harlan Cleveland in Birth of the Chaordic Age, founder Dee Hock describes the philosophy of VISA International, one of the first organizations to embrace "uncentralized" operations. Will it prove a good model for the Global Age before us? - Books in Brief Death Fretold The End of Time - The Futurist Bookshelf - Health Care in 2025: A pationt's Encounter Health kiosks the mall will handle patient's needs for medical tests, cancer screening, diagnosis, and referrals for specialty care. - Avoiding Cosmic Catastrophe A few scientists are watching for dangerous asteroids and figuring out how to deflect them away from Earth, if need be, but more effort is needed, the author argues. - Special Report: The Top 10 Emerging Technologies Researchers at George Washington University forecast coming technological breakthroughs. - Environmental Surprises: Planning for the Unexpected Environmental futurists are finding new ways to anticipate the effects of complex trends. - Help Wanted: Creating Tomorrow's Work Force Thousands of good jobs in technical fields will go unfilled unless businesses and schools can do a better job of preparing students for the real needs of the future workplace. - Personal Futures: Just Say "Yes!" Turning Negative Events Into Positive Opportunities The future is as positive as you think it may be. A psychologist shows how to postpone negative judgments until all the (positive) evidence arrives from the future.