TY - BOOK AU - Petersen,John L. TI - The road to 2015: profiles of the future SN - 1878739859 AV - HC59.15 .P48 1994 U1 - 303.49 PY - 1994///] CY - Corte Madera, Calif. PB - Waite Group Press KW - Economic history KW - 1990- KW - Social history KW - 1970- KW - Economic forecasting KW - Social prediction N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-351) and index; Ch. 1. A New Era Requires New Thinking -- Ch. 2. New Ideas in Science -- Ch. 3. Extraordinary Technology -- Ch. 4. Environmental Alert! -- Ch. 5. Exploding Population -- Ch. 6. Energy: Big Shifts -- Ch. 7. Transportation: Moving in New Directions -- Ch. 8. Space: Linking Everyone -- Ch. 9. Health: Serious Threats...and Gains -- Ch. 10. Changing Social Values -- Ch. 11. Economies: Fundamental Shifts -- Ch. 12. Political Relationships: Not the Same Old Politics -- Ch. 13. Crosscuts and Wild Cards -- Ch. 14. So What Should We Do? -- Appendix A: Trend Matrix -- Appendix B: Projected Special Forces Technology -- Appendix C: Crosscut and Wild Card Matrix ER -