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The director of the New Millennium Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington shares his insights into both the societal and daily living changes we can expect to see as we move into a fresh century. Reprint. 10,000 first printing.
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Every few centuries, the world changes in a profound way. Not just gradually, but dramatically and forever. Such periods of rapid change become the markers of new historical eras, as singular and profound as the shift from hunter-gatherer bands to agricultural society and the transition from the agricultural to the industrial era. In the West, we are now living through such a period as our economy moves from one of industry to that of knowledge.Global Trends 2005 looks at the changes this shift produces and lays out a roadmap for the next decade.Every few centuries, the world changes in a profound way. Not just gradually, but dramatically and forever. Such periods of rapid change become the markers of new historical eras, as singular and profound as the shift from hunter-gatherer bands to agricultural society and the transition from the agricultural to the industrial era. In the West, we are now living through such a period as our economy moves from one of industry to that of knowledge.Global Trends 2005 looks at the changes this shift produces and lays out a roadmap for the next decade.
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