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ForesightPrinciple

foresight principle

The ForesightPrinciple was first put forth in Richard Slaughter‘s book The Foresight Principle: Cultural Recovery In The 21st Century.

Slaughter defines the ForesightPrinciple as the (adapted from disinfo.com):

“deliberate process of expanding awareness and understanding through futures scanning and the clarification of emerging situations.[1]This human process is an extension of innate brain-environment perceptions. Four key applications of Foresight are “assessing possible consequences of actions, decisions . . . anticipating problems before they occur . . . considering the present implications of possible future events . . . [and] envisioning desired aspects of future societies.” [2]

Notes:

1.Richard A. Slaughter. The Foresight Principle: Cultural Recovery in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Praeger Press and London: Adamantite Press Ltd., 1995 xvii

2. Richard A. Slaughter. Ibid. xvii

See Also:

Wikipedia: Foresight

Knowledge Base of Futures Studies CD

Wikipedia:Futures_Studies

Wikipedia:Futures_techniques

Semi Related:

Future Wiki

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