Introduction
In"ABriefHistoryoftheFuture",JacquesAtalitellsanincrediblestoryaboutthenext50yearsfromaknownhistoricalandscientificperspective.Heanalyzedhowtherelationshipbetweencountrieswilldevelopandhowourdailyliveswillundergodrasticchanges,populationturmoil,migrationofresidents,jobchanges,newformsofmarkets,terror,violence,climatechange,andreligiousinfluence.Improvementswillallplayaroleinit.
Herevealedthewaysinwhichtremendoustechnologicaladvancementwilldisruptourwork,leisure,education,health,cultural,andpoliticalsystems.Hebelievesthatthosebehaviorsthatseemuglytodaymayberecognizedbypeopleonedayinthefuture.
Inaddition,healsoproposedthefollowingpossibilities:humanbeingsmaybeabletomovetowardsaprosperouslife;povertymaybeeliminated;everyonecanfairlysharethebenefitsoftechnologyandmarketimagination:Wecanmaintainfreedomfromtheatrocitiesofourenemiesandevenourselves;wecanleaveabetterprotectedenvironmentforfuturegenerations;wecanalsofindnewwaysoflifeandlifebasedonallthewisdomoftheworldWayofcreation.
Catalogueofworks
PrefacetotheChineseEdition | ChapterOneLongPast p> | ChapterTwoABriefHistoryofCapitalism | ChapterThreeTheEndoftheU.S.Empire |
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Foreword | Migration,cannibalism,gender | Jewish-GreekIdeal:NewandBeautiful | Theninthformofabrightfuture |
SacrificeandSettlement | Markets,citiesandcountries | Thecommercializationoftime, | |
TheAgeofEmpires | Fromone"center"toanother"center"” | Theubiquityofmobilelife | |
Bruges,1200-1350:Thebeginningofcommercialorder | Theagingoftheworldpopulation | ||
Venice,1350-1500:ConqueringtheEast | FutureCity | ||
Antwerp,1500-1560:TheAgeofPrinting | Thescarcityproblemthatcannotbeavoided | ||
Genoa,1560-1620:SpeculationTheartof | Theslowdevelopmentoftechnology | ||
Amsterdam,1620-1788:TheArtofTransportShips | Theonlyrealrarity:time | ||
London,1788-1890:Thepowerofsteam | Theendoftheninthform | ||
Boston,1890-1929:TheOutbreakofMachines | Isthetenthcommercialformpossible? | ||
NewYork,1929-1980:electricalvictory | |||
LosAngeles,1980.MobilelifeinCalifornia | |||
Theclueoftheend |
Chapter4Thefirstwaveofthefuture:SuperEmpire | Chapter5Thesecondwaveinthefuture:Superconflict | Chapter6Thethirdwaveinthefuture:SuperDemocracy | ChapterSevenHowWillFrance |
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Thepopularizationofmarket-orienteddemocracy:multi-polarityTransformingtheworld | Regionalgoals | Theimpactofdemocracy | AbriefhistoryofFrance’sfuture |
Governmentalternatives:fromsupersupervisiontoautomaticsupervision | Evilforce,illegalarmy | Pioneerofhyperdemocracy:superhumanandrelationalenterprises | ThedeclineofFrance |
Thedisintegrationofthegovernment | Theangerofthepeople | InstitutionsunderSuperDemocracy | Tomorrow,crisis |
Timeiscompletelycommoditized | Theangerofthebelievers | Thepositionofthemarketundersuper-democracy | Stillthefuturewiththefuture |
Mobileenterprise, | Superconflictweapon | Thecollectiveachievementsofsuper-democracy:commoninterestsandtheiruniversals | LetFrancehavethebestfuture |
Masterofthesuperempire:supernomads, | arm,unite | Wisdom | |
Virtualizedmobilelife:fromsportstoreal-timecompetition | Negotiation,assistance | Personalachievementsofsuper-democracy:keyinterestsandreasonablenessinit | |
Thevictimsofthesuperempire:Low-levelnomads | Naturalizeinvadingcountries | Time | |
Super-EmpireSupervision | PreventiveAttack | Super-DemocracyChangeofdirection | |
Theendoffreedom-inthenameoffreedom | Thebattleforenergy:oilandwater, | ||
Borderwar:FromtheMiddleEasttoAfrica | |||
Thebattleofinfluence | |||
Thewarbetweenevilforcesandsettledpeople | |||
Superconflict |
