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 Studying the Future Through Environmental Education. Environmental Education Digest
One of the first to apply these technologies to future studies was Forrester (1971), who dealt with trends in human population growth, agricultural production, capital investment, environmental pollution, natural resource depletion, and "quality of life."
His data were aggregated on a global scale; his procedure did not include a specific projection dealing with technological advancement; his conclusions were Malthusian in the "gloom and doom" sense.
Forrester, Jay W. Cambridge, MA: Wright-Allen Press, 1971.
www.ericdigests.org /pre-922/future.htm   (1492 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Jay Wright Forrester Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Jay Wright Forrester is an American pioneer of computer engineering.
He headed the Whirlwind project at the beginning of the 1950s the "Multi-coordinate digitally information storage device", the fore...
It concludes that the only hope for mankind is massive depopulation resulting from a nuclear war!
www.ipedia.com /jay_wright_forrester.html   (226 words)

  
 Meet the Gamers - April 15, 2005 - Library Journal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
While many games offer interesting simulations of society, Rome: Total War is most noteworthy for its impressive battles, which can be seen as military history simulations.
Inspired by Jay Forrester's work on complex systems out of MIT, Sim City is one of the top-selling PC game franchises of all time and has been used from kindergarten to college to teach urban planning.
Will Wright's The Sims is a human household simulation game that is noted for not only being the top-selling PC game of all time but also for attracting more women than men.
www.libraryjournal.com /article/CA516033.html   (2769 words)

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