[30 great minds on the future] Griffiths, Sian. editor Weiner, Jonathan 1953- text bibliography enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 1999 monographic eng xxi, 328 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm. Predictions is a compelling collection of essays in which 30 influential thinkers—from writers and scientists to activists and philosophers—share their personal visions of the future. Each contributor explores what lies ahead for humanity, technology, the environment, gender, politics, and society. Some predictions are optimistic, imagining advances in artificial intelligence, medicine, and space exploration. Others are cautionary or critical, reflecting on war, inequality, environmental crises, and moral decay. The voices include Umberto Eco, Noam Chomsky, Arthur C. Clarke, Chinua Achebe, Andrea Dworkin, and many others, each bringing their unique perspective. Together, these essays form a rich and diverse tapestry of future-thinking at the dawn of the 21st century, offering insights that still resonate today. The colour line / Chinua Achebe -- Gene therapies / French Anderson -- Language design / Noam Chomsky -- 2099...the beginning of history / Arthur C. Clarke -- Three 'origin' mysteries / Paul Davies -- A riddle I long to answer... / Richard Dawkins -- Protecting public health / Daniel Dennett -- The century of A.R.T. / Carl Djerassi -- A new Jerusalem for women / Andrea Dworkin -- Never fall in love with your own airship / Umberto Eco -- The politics of women / Francis Fukuyama -- Penalize the bankers, not the workers / J.K. Galbraith -- Winning the battle for the human heart / Daniel Goleman -- Unpredictable patterns / Stephen Jay Gould -- George Orwell's 1984...in 2084 / Susan Greenfield -- Proof positive for wet mergers in the eternal takeover / Lynn Margulis -- Cognitive prostheses / Don Norman -- Complex cancers, simple cells / Paul Nurse -- Increasing consilience / Steven Pinker -- Sequestration / Sherwood Rowland -- Things to come / Amartya Sen -- Optimism v. pessimism / Elain Showalter -- A new ethics / Peter Singer -- A basic human right / Dale Spender -- Fossils for the future / Chris Stringer -- Toys to change our minds / Sherry Turkle -- Mind machines / Kevin Warwick -- Re-directing the course of human evolution / James Watson -- A theory of everything / Steven Weinberg -- Closing the gap / Slavoj Žižek. edited by Sian Griffiths ; with an introduction by Jonathan Weiner. Includes bibliographical references and index. Twenty-first century Forecasts Siglo XXI Predicciones Civilization, Modern 1950- Forecasting Civilización moderna 1950- CB 161 P923 1999 303.49/09/05 9780192862105 0192862103 00269555 UKM 000715 20260305123321.0 12108831 eng