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STEP ASIDE, BILL GATES! HERE COMES TODAY'S REAL TECHNOLOGY GURU AND HIS TOTALLY ORIGINAL, LAUGHOUTLOUD NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER THAT LOOKS AT THE APPROACHING NEW MILLENNIUM AND BOLDLY PREDICTS: MORE STUPIDITY AHEAD. IN THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE AND DOGBERT'S TOP SECRET MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK, SCOTT ADAMS SKEWERED THE ABSURDITIES OF THE CORPORATE WORLD. NOW HE TAKES THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, TURNING HIS KEEN ANALYTICAL FOCUS ON HOW HUMAN GREED, STUPIDITY AND HORNINESS WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE. FEATURING THE SAME IRRESISTIBLE AMALGAM OF ESSAYS AND CARTOONS THAT MADE ADAMS??REVIOUS WORKS SO SINGULARLY ENTERTAINING, THIS UPROARIOUSLY FUNNY, DEADONTARGET TOME OFFERS HALFTRUTHFUL, HALFFARCICAL PREDICTIONS THAT PUSH ALL OF TODAY'S HOT BUTTONS FROM BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY TO SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT. A?? CHILDREN THEY ARE OUR FUTURE, SO WEA?Y PRETTY MUCH HOSED. TIP: GRAB WHAT YOU CAN WHILE THEYA?Y STILL TOO LITTLE TO STOP US. A?? HUMAN POTENTIAL WE'LL FINALLY LEARN TO USE THE 90 PERCENT OF THE BRAIN WE DON'T USE TODAY, AND FIND OUT THAT THERE WASN'T ANYTHING IN THAT PART. COMPUTERS TECHNOLOGY AND HOMELINESS WILL COMBINE TO FORM A POWERFUL TYPE OF BIRTH CONTROL. IN THE DILBERT PRINCIPLE AND DOGBERT'S TOP SECRET MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK, SCOTT ADAMS SKEWERED THE ABSURDITIES OF THE CORPORATE WORLD. NOW HE TAKES THE NEXT LOGICAL STEP, TURNING HIS KEEN ANALYTICAL FOCUS ON HOW HUMAN GREED, STUPIDITY AND HORNINESS WILL SHAPE THE FUTURE. FEATURING THE SAME IRRESISTIBLE AMALGAM OF ESSAYS AND CARTOONS THAT MADE ADAMS??REVIOUS WORKS SO SINGULARLY ENTERTAINING, THIS UPROARIOUSLY
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
1. HOW TO PREDICT THE FUTURE
2. AGING
3. TECHNOLOGY PREDICTIONS
4. LIFE ON OTHER PLANETS
5. THE WORLD GETS MORE COMPLICATED
6. THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY AND CAPITALISM
7. THE FUTURE OF GENDER RELATIONS
8. THE FUTURE OF WORK
9. MARKETING IN THE FUTURE
10. GOOD AND BAD JOBS OF THE FUTURE
11. SOCIAL STUFF
12. ENDANGERED SPECIES
13. SOME THINGS WON'T IMPROVE
14. A NEW VIEW OF THE FUTURE
POSTSCRIPT TO CHAPTER 14 : MORE WEIRD STUFF
APPENDIX A : AFFIRMATIONS TECHNIQUE
APPENDIX B : DISCLAIMERS OF ORIGINALITY |
