Full Description
Why do things always get harder before they get easier? Why is foresight useful? What are the real megatrends? What does foresight really cost? Who should support it? These and other questions form the backbone of this strongly argued and thoroughly referenced work from the highly experienced educational futurist Richard A. Slaughter of the Futures Study Centre in Melbourne, Australia.
Contents
Foreword by Hazel Henderson Preface Introduction Establishing the Context: Looking Beyond the Industrial Worldview Looking Back Looking Around Looking Forward Applying and Extending the Foresight Principle How Foresight is Already Understood and Used How a Changing Worldview Can Help Our Institutions Become More Far-Sighted Extending Foresight through Analysis, Imagination, and Social Imaging Why We Need Institutions of Foresight Cultural Recovery in the 21st Century Creating Positive Views of Futures With Young People Cultural Reconstruction in the 'Post-Modern' World--Aspects of Renewed Worldview Towards a Wise Culture Conclusion: The Promise of the 21st Century Annotated Bibliography Index
