Essays

Manifesto for the Peoples of the Third Millennium - An outline of processes for developing progressive alternative societies.
http://m3peeps.org/manif.htm

The Sky is the Linit - A personal discussion of the most relevant and actual of the world's problems.
http://jp.senescence.info/thoughts/transhumanism.html

Future Studies: An Interdisciplinary Vehicle for Space Science Education - Essay on use of futur studies in the space science curriculum which includes example methods, suggested reading, and three futures course descriptions.
https://www.maxwell.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/nasa/future.htm

Innovation Watch - Follows developments in science, technology, business, society and the environment and assesses their impact.
http://www.innovationwatch.com

NIC - Mapping the Global Future 2020 - A document based on consultations with non governmental experts around the world, with regional and global scenarios representing alternative futures. By the National Intelligence Council, US Government.
http://www.cia.gov/nic/NIC_globaltrend2020.html

ROBOT: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind, by Hans Moravec - Additional figures and text for Moravec's book on the next six decades.
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~hpm/book98/

Dr. Arthur B. Shostak - Professor of Sociology, and futurist. Includes his essays and book reviews.
http://www.futureshaping.com/shostak/

Scenarios: The Red Herring Column - Contains several papers about various topics. Including Yucca Mountain, the uture of the economy, and broad band.
http://www.gbn.org/ColumnListDisplayServlet.srv?col=10

Social Fiction - S. Flor - Report from the year 2029: local markets have become an important complement to the established global economic system.
http://www.social-fiction.de

Introduction to Future Studies - A summary of methodologies for studying change and future. By Linda Groff and Paul Smoker, Global Options, California State University, USA.
http://www.csudh.edu/global_options/IntroFS.HTML#FSMethodols

Principles of Forecasting - From the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, USA. Seeks to develop a set of principles to guide forecasting for problems in management, operations research, and the social sciences.
http://www.forecastingprinciples.com/

Reflections Of A Changing Era - Reflections Of A Changing Era, The American Dream, by Jim Bickford.
http://www.usdreams.com/ReflecChanging49.html

Philosophy of Technology - Several essays centered on how the world will cope with humanity's natural drive towards cultural and physical speciation.
http://home.comcast.net/~reillyjones/

A Message From Future Generations - People of the future give advice on spiritual and political development. Dr. Allen Tough's book.
http://ieti.org/tough/articles/fg.htm

Why the Future Doesn't Need Us - Article on how technologies, including robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology, are threatening to make humans an endangered species.
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/8.04/joy_pr.html

100 Phenomena - Complete English text from the Finnish book "100 Phenomena" by Risto Linturi and Ilkka Hannula containing miniature scenarios for the years 2000 to 2020 illustrating what may happen in our future and how it will feel.
http://www.linturi.fi/100_phenomena/index.html

Future Studies - Essays on change, the future of humanity, and transhumanism, by Nick Bostrom; archival site, no longer updated.
http://www.future-studies.com/

The Collegiate Landscape of the Future - The universities of the future won't be built around the Internet; they will be built around small residential colleges.
http://www.collegiateway.org/future/

Australia's Future - A prediction about the nature of the impending Republic of Australia.
http://www.users.bigpond.com/smartboard/decline/civfut.htm

Saving the Future - Suggests key changes that lead to an acceptable future. Offers articles and forum.
http://savingthefuture.siteideas.net/

Carfree City Design - Exploring the prospect of designing auto-less, sustainable communities with alternative transportation, renewable energy, pedestrian orientation, mixed-use zoning, fiber optics and recycling facilities in all units and other green features to aid in long-term quality of life survival.
http://www.priorities.org/carfree.htm

News for a Synergic Earth - A collection of discussions and articles focused on culture, systems thinking and how to create a more sustainable future.
http://www.synearth.net

Ethical Issues of Robots in Society - Discusses the ethical issues of robots in society, such as robot slavery and daily treatment.
http://www.freeonlineresearchpapers.com/ethical-issues-robots-society