Written by John Moravec on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 at 18:32
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Forbes is running a special report on “The Future.” From the opening comments:
The truth is that people simply aren’t very good at predicting the future. It was only two centuries ago that we began to think we could do it at all, and we’re still learning. Hindsight may be 20/20, but foresight remains largely blind.
And so begins an odyssey of the blind leading the blind…
The section lightly critiques the futures field, and interviews a few futurists and couple future-oriented business leaders. It also points to some key literature in science fiction, and touches on a few “hot” areas in futures studies. Alas, the topics discussed all short-term and short on imagination. Case in point: The article entitled with the borrowed Yogi Berra quote, “the future isn’t what it used to be.”
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AMA citation:
Moravec J. Forbes divines the future, finds the 20th century. Education Futures. 2007. Available at: http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/10/16/forbes-divines-the-future-finds-the-20th-century/. Accessed May 15, 2008.
APA citation:
Moravec, John. (2007). Forbes divines the future, finds the 20th century. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from Education Futures Web site: http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/10/16/forbes-divines-the-future-finds-the-20th-century/
Chicago citation:
Moravec, John. 2007. Forbes divines the future, finds the 20th century. Education Futures. http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/10/16/forbes-divines-the-future-finds-the-20th-century/ (accessed May 15, 2008).
Harvard citation:
Moravec, J 2007, Forbes divines the future, finds the 20th century, Education Futures. Retrieved May 15, 2008, from <http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/10/16/forbes-divines-the-future-finds-the-20th-century/>
MLA citation:
Moravec, John. "Forbes divines the future, finds the 20th century." 16 Oct. 2007. Education Futures. Accessed 15 May. 2008. <http://www.educationfutures.com/2007/10/16/forbes-divines-the-future-finds-the-20th-century/>
