Conclusion: It’s Time!
Just as I was turning in the final draft of this book, the National Intelligence Council issued its “Global Trends 2030” report. It reflects the joint assessment of the sixteen U.S. intelligence agencies about the world’s likely fate over the next many years.
Their central thesis may sound familiar: the uncertainty level has never been higher, and extraordinarily different kinds of worlds might emerge from the current cauldron of new global forces. The study lists several “megatreands” of particular concern, including: the end of U.S. global dominance; the powerfully disruptive force of technology development; increasing water, food, and energy scarcities; and increasing political instability. The intelligence agencies ...
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