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    Default Wiki re: Futurists

    Here's the wiki re: futurists, i.e. those who attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities about the future and how they can emerge from the present, whether that of human society in particular or of life on Earth in general:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurist

    Fwiw, here's an entry from my CFC blog re: my views on humanity's future (without much taking religion into account):

    http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/en...m-links-added)
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    Here's another wiki, re: Technological Singularity (is that where mad science is taking us?):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity
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    Yet another wiki, re: Computers (one of the big keys to the future?):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer
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    Another wiki, re: List of futurologists:

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_futurologists
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    7 surprising things that could change the job market by 2030:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cha...2030-1.5086022
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    Here's the wiki re: Carl Sagan (astronomer):

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Sagan
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    After covid-19 crises ends, what is the new normal? - From voluntary infections to robot cleaners, futurists envision scenarios:

    https://nationalpost.com/news/canada...al-coronavirus
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