Future Studies and Counterfactual Analysis

Chapter 1: Introduction.Chapter 2: True or False: The Problem Here is Identifying What is True and What is Not.Scenario 1: Market MadnessScenario 2: Bureaucratic TruthScenario 3: The Courts of Supreme WisdomScenario 4: Enemy of the PeopleChapter 3: Proliferation: Doomsday or Politics? The Problem Here is Controlling Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction.Scenario 1: A Mouse on the Road to HellScenario 2: The Decision MakerScenario 3: In the Fruit Garden of PakistanScenario 4: The Story Behind Trump-Putin DayScenario 5: Putting the Genie Back in the BottleChapter 4: The Bounds of Humanity: Will Malthus Ultimately Be Proven Correct? The Problem Here is that We Don't Know How to Limit Population Growth or if New Policies are Really Necessary. Can We Leave it to Chance?.Scenario 1: The China SyndromeScenario 2: Super SaltpeterScenario 3: Birth CertificatesScenario 4: Design DiscordChapter 5: The Beginning and Hereafter: Why do We Exist?.Scenario 1: FaustScenario 2: A Creation Myth: EmpiricismScenario 3: It is all About ConnectionsChapter 6: Immortality: Where Does the Need to be Remember.Scenario 1: LegacyScenario 2: Aunt SadieScenario 3: Rot in PeaceScenario 4: Living Healthy ForeverChapter 7: Religion: The Problem Here is that in Religion, as well as Other Institutions, We See Corruption, Immorality, Ethical Lapses, and Abuses. In its Entwinement with Government: Who Makes and Enforces Laws, Sets Education Standards, and Provides Security: the People, the King, or God?.Scenario 1: Moot PointScenario 2: End of the RainbowScenario 3: Godspeak: Religion TechChapter 8: Decision Making: The Talent for Decisions. The Problem Here is that Most Decisions Turn out Badly.Scenario 1: First in My Decision ClassScenario 2: InferencesScenario 3: Where is MoralityChapter 9: Dealing with Bio-terrorism: The Problem Here is that Terrorism can Adopt Biological Weapons as an Attack Mode: Harder to Detect, More Dangerous in its Outcome.Scenario 1: The Path to SIMADScenario 2: The First MotiveScenario 3: ResetScenario 4: Trade OffChapter 10: Our Computer Overlords: The Problems Here are the Contest Between Work and Leisure, How Much of Each, Who has Either and the Chances for AI Becoming our Masters.Scenario 1: Plug Me in PoppyScenario 2: I am a MachineScenario 3: Super Sari and Her SistersChapter 11: What Constitutes Progress? The Problem Here is Defining What Constitutes Progress and MEans for Attaining it Since Science, Technology, Politics, and Markets do not Necessarily Follow Paths tha tLead to Solutions of Pressing Problems or Attainment of Goals.Scenario 1: Shangri-La: Gross National HappinessScenario 2: Chasing HighsScenario 3: The Best of All Possible WorldsScenario 4: Stasis is GoodChapter 12: Political Chaos: The Problem Here is What Politics Has Become. Civility is Almost Gone, Debate is Almost Non-existent, yet the Sides are Firm in Their Positions and Sure They are Right.Scenario 1: Electing?Scenario 2: Common EnemyScenario 3: Strong WomanChapter 13: The Perfect Human: Unlocking the Mysteries of Human Genetics and Developing the Technologies to Manipulate Heredity Will Give, for Better or Worse, a New Dimension to Our Ability to Set the Fate of Our Children.Scenario 1: UntitledScenario 2: Can We ImagineChapter 14: Conclusions.Appendix A Methodologies.Appendix B Authors' Biographies.Index.
About the Author:

Mr. Theodore J. Gordon, co-founder of the Millennium Project, the Institute for the Future, and the Futures Group, Inc., is a well- known futurist and senior author of this book. He has authored many books and professional papers, and in past years was Chief Engineer for the Apollo 3rd Stage lunar rocket.

Dr. Mariana Todorova, PhD is a researcher at Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and has been a Member of the Bulgarian Parliament. Todorova is a Chair of Millennium project Bulgarian node. She is building a new methodology of forecasting based on counterfactual analysis. She is an analyst, futurist, strategist, and trend tracker.