TY - BOOK AU - Watson, Richard TI - Future files: 5 trends that will shape the next 50 years Revised & updated SN - 9781857885149 U1 - 303.49 WAT PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - Nicholas Brealey Publishing KW - Economic forecasting KW - Forecasting KW - Social prediction KW - Technological forecasting KW - Twenty-first century --Forecasts N2 - Prediction is a dangerous game - the future is never a straight, linear extrapolation from the present. Unexpected innovations and events will conspire to trip up the best-laid plans - but it's better than not thinking about the future at all. ... Filled ER -