Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National Intelligence
Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous
editions, this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and
potential discontinuities. It distinguishes between megatrends, those factors that will likely occur
under any scenario, and game-changers, critical variables whose trajectories are far less certain.
As the diversity and complexity of various factors has grown, there is
increased attention to scenarios or alternative worlds.
At a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures.
the contention is presented that the future is not set in stone, but is malleable, the result of an interplay
among megatrends, game-changers and, above all, human agency. The ultimate goal is to encourage
decisionmakers—whether in government or outside—to think and plan for the long term so that
negative futures do not occur and positive ones have a better chance of unfolding. (from the Executive Summary, lightly edited for clarity)
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it's taken a little longer than i thought to get started. i went back and re-recorded 7 sections in the bioethics report that i was finishing after replacing a skitzy mic cable - good news is my sound quality is much improved. i should be finishing the last section of that in the next day or so and then can get started more or less full-time. am looking forward to this project
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)
i'm starting to size up this volume for reading and have an update to report - this allows me to account for such characteristics as font size, page layout, and complexity when breaking the text into sections.
i've started by doing a test recording of the executive summary - my intention is not to include this in the recording. like most ES it provides a summary of the more detailed volume - this is useful to me s the BC and reader in presenting a summary, but like most ES provides a "cliff's notes" version of the text. the lv version will start with the introduction - at page 1 and will include the detailed report in toto, through the acknowledgements on page 136.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)
i added three section at end to complete the text. there is a fairly obvious formatting error near the end where text (p 119) that was to go in a new text box was mistakenly added to the end of a previous text box. i will shift the fragment from 119 to its proper position on pg 122.
"War is God's way of teaching Americans geography."
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914)
