The notion of God as a changing and changeable force fits in with our understanding of evolution and the universe as ever changing, Mellert explains. The goal is to change our perspective of the future and extend our decision-making time horizon beyond immediate concerns. A new way of thinking about conflict is to reconsider the weapons we use. Finally, in a look at language, author Geoffrey E. Meredith explains why the end of text is near. One hundred years from now, only a few elite will be able to read and write, he argues.
Literacy is on the decline, and communication is increasingly carried out graphically and aurally.
Soon, literacy as we know it will no longer be an imperative to success, he concludes. Copyright 1999 World Future Society. All rights reserved.