The most successful futurists dont predict the future. They interpret the present in a new way a way

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Futurist Peter Schwartz, 1993
The most successful futurists dont predict the
future. They interpret the present in a new way
a way that makes more sense and seems more
conventional the farther into the future one
goes.
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August 10, 1996
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Toward Self-Healing Energy Infrastructure
Systems, by Massoud Amin of EPRI

• Ubiquitous, real-time sensors
• Communications network
• Distributed Intelligent Agents

Every node in the power network of the future
will be awake, responsive, adaptive, price-smart,
eco-sensitive, real-time, flexible, humming - and
interconnected with everything else.

Wired, July 2001
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How might genomics affect environmental
protection?
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• If individuals are capable of detecting their
  own genetic susceptibilities, they may become
  cheapest cost avoider.
• Make individualized decisions on whether they use
  products rather than population-based government
  regulation
• What criteria should be used to shift primary
  responsibility from manufacturer to individuals?

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U. Of Miami nanoscale monitoring of marine toxins
through artificial receptor sites
Clemson U. nanoparticles to enhance
photocatalysts
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...a systems sensitivity and adaptability...
...exposure to stress...
...and societys valuation of the system.
Vulnerability
Where lie future vulnerabilitiesthe extent to
which a system might be harmed by stressors?
Time
Space
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