Dear all
This may be of interest - the concluding overview of the survey
'ENLIGHTENING THE FUTURE 2024: KEY CHALLENGES FOR THE NEXT GENERATION',
conducted by Spiked in collaboration with Orange:
- SURVEYING THE NEXT GENERATION
http://www.spiked-online.com/index.php?/site/article/1435
"We asked contributors to identify some key challenges facing the next
generation - those born this year, who will reach the age of 18 in 2024.
The aim is to confront cultural anxieties about the future, and
kickstart a debate about how we might engage with those challenges more
constructively.
The contributors range from professors and international leaders in
their field to up-and-coming young bloods, from the UK, Europe, America,
Asia and Africa. Their contributions deal with issues ranging from the
science of climate change to science fiction; from IT to Africa; from
health to housing; from the future of philosophy to the future of
television.
...[In science] one central challenge identified by survey contributors
is to tackle contemporary cultural and political barriers to scientific
advance, be it religious irrationalism or the precautionary principle"
Louise
Louise Simon
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