FUS101 --
Assignments
| This course is divided into 14 units. Each unit corresponds to specific readings that I will post here or assign to you via e-mail. Assignments should be e-mailed to the instructor as soon as they are completed. All assignments must be sent via e-mail. Do not send e-mail attachments. Simply compose your answers with a word processor and then paste them into an e-mail document. |
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| Unit 1 | What is Futurism? Why Study the Future? |
| Unit 2 | The nature of change. Concepts of History and Time |
| Unit 3 | Paradigms. Frameworks for perceptions of Reality |
| Unit 4 | Discussion of Sagan's Work. Positive Aspects |
| Unit 5 | Discussion of Sagan's Work. Negative Aspects |
| Unit 6 | Discussion on Talbot. Positive Aspects |
| Unit 7 | Discussion on Talbot. Negative Aspects |
| Unit 8 | Genetics and Biotechnology |
| Unit 9 | Political, Economic, and Social Institutions of the Future |
| Unit 10 | Medicine: Conventional vs Alternative |
| Unit 11 | Religion, Spirituality |
| Unit 12 | Demographics. The Future Role of the Individual |
| Unit 13 | Beyond Planet Earth -- "Space, The Final Frontier" |
| Unit 14 | Science Fiction, or, Is it? |