THE EXTREME FUTURE:
THE EXTREME FUTURE:
The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10, and 20 Years by James Canton, Ph.D.
“Canton’s background in future-planning consultancy began when he studied under Alvin Toffler in the 1970s-and it shows in this big-picture take on the world of tomorrow…”
—Publishers Weekly
The Midwest is beach front property, the workforce is largely dominated by women, and genetic engineering gives rescue workers gills to better save lives according to James Canton, Ph.D., a renowned futurist and top advisor to the Fortune 1000. Dr. Canton charts the course the world will take in his new book THE EXTREME FUTURE: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years
In THE EXTREME FUTURE, Dr. James Canton predicts that:
• The high cost of oil will force the West to invent new alternatives to oil and lead to depressed OPEC economies, leading to more terrorism against the West
• Radical life extension will create a two-class global society of those who live over 150 years and of those who cannot afford to
• The Internet will develop an awareness of itself and its own personality and rebel against human controls
• Human cloning will become the ultimate in identity theft
• A nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India is more likely then not
• Copy-cat products from Asia—from drugs to auto parts—will perform better then the original branded products they’re based on
• Radical life extension will reshape entire markets and society
• The new global Innovation Economy will deliver widespread prosperity and wealth
-more-
The first forecasting handbook for the twenty-first century, THE EXTREME FUTURE is the next Megatrends, providing an insider’s view of the key trends that will shape our future marketplace and society. James Canton, Ph.D. is a renowned global futurist and sought-after business advisor who forecast the future for the past three presidential administrations. As chairman and CEO of the
The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10, and 20 Years by James Canton, Ph.D.
“Canton’s background in future-planning consultancy began when he studied under Alvin Toffler in the 1970s-and it shows in this big-picture take on the world of tomorrow…”
—Publishers Weekly
The Midwest is beach front property, the workforce is largely dominated by women, and genetic engineering gives rescue workers gills to better save lives according to James Canton, Ph.D., a renowned futurist and top advisor to the Fortune 1000. Dr. Canton charts the course the world will take in his new book THE EXTREME FUTURE: The Top Trends That Will Reshape the World for the Next 5, 10 and 20 Years
In THE EXTREME FUTURE, Dr. James Canton predicts that:
• The high cost of oil will force the West to invent new alternatives to oil and lead to depressed OPEC economies, leading to more terrorism against the West
• Radical life extension will create a two-class global society of those who live over 150 years and of those who cannot afford to
• The Internet will develop an awareness of itself and its own personality and rebel against human controls
• Human cloning will become the ultimate in identity theft
• A nuclear exchange between Pakistan and India is more likely then not
• Copy-cat products from Asia—from drugs to auto parts—will perform better then the original branded products they’re based on
• Radical life extension will reshape entire markets and society
• The new global Innovation Economy will deliver widespread prosperity and wealth
-more-
The first forecasting handbook for the twenty-first century, THE EXTREME FUTURE is the next Megatrends, providing an insider’s view of the key trends that will shape our future marketplace and society. James Canton, Ph.D. is a renowned global futurist and sought-after business advisor who forecast the future for the past three presidential administrations. As chairman and CEO of the