Saturday, February 05, 2005

the futures: the near future

And while I'm thinking about the future, I'll mention this:

Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project

It is a long report, produced by the American Intelligence community, on possible scenarios for the state of the world in fifteen years. Some of it is rather...troubling. Here is a quick summary of its contents. The scenario involving the rise of a new Islamic Caliphate is most interesting.