03725cam a2200457 a 450000100090000000300080000900500170001700600190003400700030005300800410005601000170009702000180011402000150013203500130014703500200016004000380018004100080021804200140022605000220024008200170026224501210027926000580040030000570045833600260051533700280054133800270056950400510059650513450064752008330199265000370282565000350286265000460289765000410294370000360298470000390302090600450305994200120310494600080311699900190312495201240314312108831BJBSDDR20260305123321.0a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta000715s1999    enkc    rb    001 0 eng d  a   00269555   a9780192862105  a0192862103  a12108831  a(OCoLC)42745996  aUKMcUKMdVHBdC#PdOCJdDLCbeng  aeng  alccopycat14aCB 161bP923 199900a303.49/09/0500aPredictions :b[30 great minds on the future] /cedited by Sian Griffiths ; with an introduction by Jonathan Weiner.  aOxford ;aNew York :bOxford University Press,c1999.  axxi, 328 pages :billustrations, portraits ;c19 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.0 aThe 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.  aPredictions 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. 0aTwenty-first centuryvForecasts. 4aSiglo XXIvPredicciones 93032 0aCivilization, Moderny1950-xForecasting. 4aCivilización moderna y1950-915211 aGriffiths, Sian.944736eeditor1 aWeiner, Jonathan,  d1953- 947335  a7bcbcccopycatd2encipf20gy-gencatlg  2lcccBK  iLLH  c125029d125029  00102lcc40708RRaBJBbBJBcRRd2025-09-02l0oCB 161 P923 1999p00000193915r2025-09-02 21:12:00t1w2025-09-02yBK