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Monday, 12 September 2005 |
Universal
abundance is one of the dreams of many futurists.
Their belief in our shared ability to make it happen
may indeed be one highway to achieving that goal.
But in the tradition of critical futures, itÍs important
to question the assumptions that lie behind pursuit
of such a goal before moving into strategies and
action.
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Rule of the dollar: a tottering regime? |
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Monday, 29 August 2005 |
Even as high profile greed makes headlines around the
world, research studies are showing that the lure of the dollar is
losing dominance in the affluent west. More and more people, it
seems, are waking up to the fact that the pursuit of money is
increasingly in conflict with the pursuit of happiness.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 29 August 2005 )
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Living, dying, learning: the future of health |
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Monday, 29 August 2005 |
The pursuit of immortality is consuming a growing share
of budgets in the first world, not only at the individual level of
selfcare but also at the societal level of decision-making about
funds to be allocated to research, to health care and to the delaying
of death.
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Last Updated ( Monday, 29 August 2005 )
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Monday, 22 August 2005 |
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Community banks, "people's banks", local currency
schemes and now "time dollars": are we seeing the beginnings of
a real transformation in the money world as customers withdraw their
support from traditional institutions and begin to invent
alternatives? |
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Success is in the eye of the beholder |
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Monday, 22 August 2005 |
Living in a society where children can be optimistic about the future will be an increasingly important measure of success, according to participants at a workshop on success presented by Dr Peter Saul and Jan Lee Martin of the Futures Foundation.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 09 September 2005 )
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