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In 1970, sociologist and futurist Alvin Toffler wrote the best seller Future Shock. In that book he said, "Future shock is the dizzying disorientation brought on by the premature arrival of the future."
Toffler's thesis was rather simple - too much change in too short a period of time overwhelms people.
Now James Canton of the Institute for Global Futures has written The Extreme Future, a book which by its title doesn't make us any more confortable than we were with future shock."Everybody needs to think differently about the future, a future that is riddled with change, challenge and risk," writes Canton. "It's a new kind of future, not the steady plodding of progress from one moment to the next, punctuated by brief bursts of innovation, that characterizes much of history."
Not only is the future picking up speed, but it is also becoming riskier in Canton's opinion. "New risks, higher risks and more threats - from terror to crime to global economic upheaval - will alter every aspect of your life."

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2. American Prospect
3. Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
4. Al Martin Raw
5. Alternative News Group
6. The Arab-American Online Community Center
7. Antiwar
8. Arab News
9. Arena
10. La voz de Aztlan
11. Bildeberg - The High Priests of Globalisation
12. Blatant Propaganda and Suppressed Info
13. Blythe - NY Transfer
14. Common Dreams
15. Concerned Citizens Opposed to Police States
16. Copvcia
17. Covert Action Quarterly Online
18. David Icke
19. DEBKAfile
20. Disinformation
21. The Drudge Report
22. The Electronic Frontier Foundation
23. The Emperor New Clothes
24. Eye Spy
25. The Experiment
26. FAIR - Fairness & Accuracy Iin Reporting
27. Free Speech Internet Television
28. Friends of Freedom - The Voice of the People
29. Center for Research on Globalisation
30. Greg Palast
31. International Advocates for Health Freedom
32. Index on censorship
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55. War News
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Ingenuity@Bridge8 Perspectives and issues relating to innovation, nanotechnology, leadership and futures.

Foresight Culture A blog by John Mahaffie and Jennifer Jarratt, Principals of Leading Futurists LLC. Foresight Culture is our place for sharing insights and advice on improving the ability of organizations to anticipate, plan for, and respond to the future.

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Future Impact Technology Latest technology updates and impacts on major industries, such as medicine, agriculture, transportation, information technology, energy, biotechnology, nanotechnology, space

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Catholic Futures A blog maintained by Kerry Ramirez, that discusses the future of religion, how technology will impact the Church.

Marsha Rhea Marsha Rhea's personal website at the Institute for Alternative Futures, with current projects, publications and speeches.

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Organizations · Research Centers · Think Tanks
European Monitoring Centre on ChangeDream Company Inc.UK Futurists Network (UKFN)Centre for Future Studies (UK)Association of Professional FuturistsClub of RomeCanadian Association for the Club of RomeOECD International Futures ProgrammeInstitute of Technology Assessment of AustriaInternational Institute of Applied Systems Analysis - AustriaThe Millennium Project -- American Council for the United Nations UniversityForesight InstituteFutures Foundation (Australia)New Zealand Futures TrustWorld Future SocietyInstitute of Noetic SciencesRocky Mountain InstituteThe Aspen InstituteWorldwatch InstituteThe Foundation for the FutureThe Santa Fe InstituteRandJala InstituteMillennium InstituteCatalan Centre For Future Studies (Spain)Europe 2020Foresight Institute of New ZealandWorld Future Studies FederationArlington InstituteGlobal Business NetworkForecastcenter.comInstitute for Alternative FuturesStrategic Futures InternationalResources for the Future (RFF)Institute for the FutureThe Hudson InstituteSRI InternationalThe Futures GroupFuturiblesInfuseInternational Institute of Applied Systems AnalysisBattelle Memorial InstituteThe Herman GroupPolice Futurists InternationalThe World Network of Religious Futurists
University Programs and Research Centers
University of Houston-Clear Lake Hawaii Research Center for Future StudiesCopenhagen Institute for Futures StudiesDepartment of Technology Assessment - Technical University of Hamburg-HarburgFinnish Futures Research CenterHenley Management CollegeSwedish Institute of Futures StudiesLooking Forward - Wodrow Wilson International Center for ScholarsFinland Futures AcademyThe Millennium Project - United Nations UniversityAustralian Foresight InstituteInternational Centre for Integrative Studies (ICIS) - NetherlandsGlobal OptionsFinnish Society for Future StudiesFinland Futures Research CentreThe Center for Futurism in Education (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev)Various Future21st Century Social EvolutionMetabridge - (formerly Idon Associates)Principles of ForecastingAl Teich's Technology and the Future ToolkitBeyond 2000 Projections: A Futurist at the MoviesWired - How to Build ScenariosUSA Government Sites U.S. Army Strategic Studies InstituteU.S. Census Bureau - Global Population PyramidsBritish Parliamentary Office of Science and TechnologyAPS Futures Forum (Australia)German Institute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis (ITAS)Office of Technology Assessment of the German Parliament (TAB)Australian Science, Technology, and Engineering CouncilRathenau Institute - The NetherlandsFinnish Committee on the FutureThe Foresight Project - New Zealand Ministry of Research, Science and TechnologyMillenium Foundation of CanadaMinistry of Research and Information Technology - Denmark
Publications, eZines, and Forums
Philips Visions of the FutureMillenniumDarwinFutures Research QuarterlyFuturesFuture SurveyJournal of Future Studies (Tiawan)Future FacingThe FuturistInternational Journal of ForecastingInternational Journal of Futures StudiesInternational Technology Assessment PanoramaJournal of Business ForecastingJournal of Business StrategyTalk 2000 ForumLong Range PlanningPlausible Futures NewsletterMaona JournalNanotech UpdateHorizon (formerly On the Horizon)Technological Forecasting and Social ChangeTechnology in SocietyWorld FuturesThe Herman Group - Weekly Trend Alert Archive