Predicting the Future: Past and Present

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Predicting the Future: Past and Present

Listen Monday, Jan. 8, 2007 at 12:06 p.m. in Arts & Culture, Economy, Science, Society

Guest host: Matthew Felling

What trends will influence technology, politics and the arts in the new year? There's no shortage of prognosticators pointing to the "next big thing". But many forecasts reveal more about our current attitude toward change and the unknown. We explore the complex terrain of "futurology".

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Guests

Timothy C. Mack

President, World Future Society

Daniel H. Wilson

Contributing Editor, Popular Mechanics; Author, "How to Survive a Robot Uprising" (Bloomsbury), and the forthcoming "Where's My Jetpack?: A Guide to the Amazing Science Fiction Future that Never Arrived" (Bloomsbury)

James Harkin

Director of Talks, London Institute of Contemporary Arts

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