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Book Circle: The Columbus Futurists book circle meets on the second Thursday night of each month at 7:00 pm at Summit Chase, 1000 Urlin Ave., Grandview Heights, Ohio 43212.  (location
 

 

July 15, 2010: Bill McKibben: Eaarth: Making a Life on a Tough New Planet

 

August 12, 2010: Bruce Bueno de Mesquita: The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future 

 

September 9, 2010: Clay Shirky: Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age  

 

October 14, 2010: Albert Laszlo Barabasi: Bursts: The Hidden Pattern Behind Everything We Do  

 

 

June 10, 2010: Joel Kotkin, The Next Hundred Million: America in 2050

 

May 13, 2010: Steve Millett, Anticipating the Future

 

April 8, 2010: Frank Donoghue, The Last Professors: The Corporate University and the Fate of the Humanities

 
 
 
 
 
 
Forum:  The Columbus Futurists monthly forum meets from 6:30-8:30 pm at the Panera Bread community room (875 Bethel Road).  
 
 
Thursday July 22, 2010:  "The Future of Transportation,"
                   readings: 

                           Fly the eco-friendly skies
                           
http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/2010/nplus3-0517.html                      

                           Sustainable Urban Mobility in 2020
                            http://www.wfs.org/Jul-Aug2010/Chin.htm
 
 
 August 26, 2010: "Disaster Preparation in Columbus"
 
 
 
June 17, 2010: "Narcotrafficing: Implications for US Security"
 
May 27, 2010: "Future Opportunities for the State of Ohio" 
 
April 22, 2010: "What will most improve the quality of life in Central Ohio by 2015?" 
 
March 25, 2010: "Socionomics: The Science of History and Social Prediction--A Review"  
 
February 25, 2010: "Under the Gun: Thoughts on Threat and Creativity"
 
January 28, 2010: "Time on my Mind: On the Future and the Nature of Time" 
 
November 19, 2009: "The Future of Health Care"

 

October 22, 2009: "Our Aging, Multicultural Population: Demographic Trends and Implications"

 

September 24, 2009: What's next for the global economy?

 

August 20, 2009: "The Future of Nuclear Energy"

 

July 23, 2009: "Commercial Nuclear Power: A Promise Partly Fulfilled"