Welcome to the New World Future Society Site

We’re glad you’re here! We’re seeking new and better ways to serve our members and the general public. We hope you’ll use this site to find resources and information about the major trends shaping the future and the practice of foresight.

You’ll use this site differently depending on whether you’re a member of the World Future Society or just a casual surfer interested in learning more about the future. We hope to offer something of value to everyone.

Interviews

The Futurist Interviews Ray Kurzweil

World Future Review: What does it mean to build “new and improved” human intelligence? And where are we in terms of bringing this to reality?

Kurzweil: There are two components must be achieved to create a human-level artificial intelligence.

Conference News : Strategies and Technologies for a Sustainable Future

edited by Cynthia G. Wagner
WFS. 2010. 480 pages. Paperback. ISBN 13: 978-0-930242-67-1.

Three dozen of the world’s leading “practical visionaries” offer sweeping perspectives and big-picture thinking in this volume of 25 essays prepared for WorldFuture 2010.

Topics explored include new ways to collect intelligence to solve global problems … strategies for improving creativity among futurists … ways that technology can improve both our health and our health-care systems … how conscious machines may one day inspire us with ideas of their own … a profile of what qualities an “anticipatory leader” should have … and much more!

Welcome to the New World Future Society Site

We’re glad you’re here! We’re seeking new and better ways to serve our members and the general public. We hope you’ll use this site to find resources and information about the major trends shaping the future and the practice of foresight.

You’ll use this site differently depending on whether you’re a member of the World Future Society or just a casual surfer interested in learning more about the future. We hope to offer something of value to everyone.