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9780500281574

2099 : A Eutopia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780500281574

  • ISBN10:

    0500281572

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1999-11-01
  • Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
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Summary

Yorick Blumenfeld, General Editor of the Prospects for Tomorrow series, offers a provocative glimpse into the daily life of a thriving inner-city community a hundred years from now. He imagines a better world, not a perfect one, and provides an impressionistic panorama of what such a Eutopia might offer the average citizen in 2099. Thanks to the technological wonders of AI (Artificial Intelligence) counselors, smart robots, and "improved" babies, ordinary human beings will still have to cope, but with far less stress than they do today. In this challenging narrative, the ravages of a money-driven market have been left far behind and replaced with a viable credit system that enhances stability rather than growth and eliminates the glaring inequalities of capitalism. This book, one of the last utopian tracts of the century, presents a broad perspective on one possible future. 2099 will encourage readers to consider the vast potential of different plausible futures in the next millennium.

Table of Contents

The Yare Reports: Eutopia or Bust? 7(105)
Yare, Norwich, England
8(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 120, 2099
11(5)
The Family
16(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 123, 2099
20(4)
The Economy
24(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 126, 2099
27(5)
Education
32(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 130, 2099
36(4)
A Question of Philosophy
40(9)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 133, 2099
45(4)
The Theatre of Visions
49(7)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 136, 2099
53(3)
A Community Town Hall
56(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 138, 2099
60(4)
Onwards to Mars!
64(9)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 140, 2099
69(4)
The Creative Balance
73(8)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 142, 2099
77(4)
Beyond Christianity
81(7)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 144, 2099
85(3)
Creating Myths
88(24)
Ivia's Voice Journal -- Day 150, 2099
93(3)
Deric: Voice Letter to Ivia -- Day 156, 2099
96(3)
Ivia: Voice Letter to Deric -- Day 157, 2099
99(3)
Deric: Voice Letter to Ivia -- Day 158, 2099
102(3)
Ivia: Voice Letter to Deric -- Day 167, 2099
105(2)
Voice Memo from Deric Channing to Jim Eltin
107(5)
Further Reading 112

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