The book will be of interest to students, teachers and policymakers.

How can dystopian futures help provide the motivation to change the ways we operate day to day? This book raises and tackles a number of important questions about the future and the lessons we can learn for the present.

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The Knowledge Base of Futures Studies 2020 updates previous efforts that brought together representative collections of the best work of futures studies and foresight.

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