<center><a href="http://www.geocities.com/vaksam/">Sam Vaknin’s Psychology‚ Philosophy‚ Economics and Foreign Affairs Web Sites</a></center> <br> <br>Many futurologists - professional (Toffler) and less so (Naisbitt) - tried their hand at predicting the future. They proved quite successful at predicting major trends but not as lucky in delineating their details. This is because‚ inevitably‚ every futurologist has to resort to crude tools such as extrapolation. The modern day versions of biblical prophets
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The future of books The past decade has seen the unparalleled development of electronic devices. And the subversive popularity of e-books plays a crucial role in this process. Nowadays‚ it’s quite common to see a portable iPad instead of piles of heavy books in a teenager’s backpack. An increasing number of people prefer to tap on screens rather than turn paper pages. Because of this mounting craze‚ some people anticipate that with the looming momentum e-books will ultimately take the place of
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Preparing my future This part of my life...this part is all about trying to make the right choice for my future. The right choice so I can pursue my dream. I got a dream and this dream is to have a degree from an English university and have a career within the UN after volunteering. The fact that I want to volunteer for the United Nations is also based on my personal experience. From an early age‚ I was taking part in voluntary activities at the local and community level. It helped me understand
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YOUR CREATIVE FUTURE IS WRITTEN HERE. In India‚ it translates into a growing number of literate youngsters‚ which is both a challenge and an opportunity. India has million youngsters who were born after 1975‚ the youngsters‚ from those who have just entered their teens to those
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Geography Essay: Future of Montserrat The island of Montserrat is situated upon an underwater volcano created by a destructive plate boundary‚ with the volcanos peak protruding from the south side of the island by the name of Chances Peak in an area entitled Soufriere Hills (in the Caribbean). For 350 years the volcano had remained dormant; however a few weeks ago‚ Chances Peak became active again and began to emit dust and ash – warning signs that an eruption was almost imminent. On July 20th 1995
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to prepare a 300 word paper on what your vision of work in the future and what skills you will need to succeed in the workplace. Questions to address in the paper: What is the role of technology? Is the role different than of your view of today’s technology role? How does uncertainty impact your ability to plan for the future work? Visions of the future are latent with personal bias of experience. You understanding of the future will be unique and very different from your classmate’s. Watch
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discusses the future of electronics and how these “integrated circuits will lead to such wonders as home computers—or at least terminals connected to a central computer—automatic controls for automobiles‚ and personal portable communications equipment”. He also discusses how the rate in which the number of transistors that could be put onto an integrated circuit will increase. His observations were based on observed data between 1959 and 1964. The rate was doubling every one to two years. He extrapolated
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college‚ I can begin to work with children‚ which is my dream. Once I become successful a great desire of mine is to start a family. My desires in the future are what motivate me to do well in all of my studies and for my future. To begin with‚ knowing that after I finish college I will have a degree is a big motivator. I will be very successful in the future‚ if I keep my motivator in mind. I will be able to get a good job and a good income because with a degree there are more available opportunities
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The Future of the Bede The lives of pastoral tribes around the world are rich with culture. As a society‚ they have managed to survive not only the elements of nature‚ but also the effects of a changing world. The Bede tribe of Bangladesh is an extraordinary clan of highly mobile nomads that still survive today. By examining the past and present of this tribe’s culture‚ comparing things such as: migration habits‚ political and economic trends‚ and relations with the world around them‚ we will
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This semester‚ in the English 100 class that I have taken‚ I realize I have learned a lot more than I originally thought. In my efforts of writing this paper‚ flipping through my different notes‚ I really have learned how to write better papers. I learned how to use a web-log‚ also referred to as a blog. I had never posted on a blog and I didn’t even know what one was. It is very interesting to me that our English classes were able to read each others postings and writings on the blog we used for
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