Facing the Future

Notes on the Culture of Politics.- 1. Exhausted Energy.- 2. Politics as the Fiduciary of Future Generations.- 3. Fear of the Future: Cultural Survival.- On the Way to an Information Society.- 4. What Kinds of Shifts in Value will we have to Reckon with?.- 5. An Intelligence Aid, But Not Intelligent.- 6. Thinking in Black and White Terms is Not the Answer.- 7. Tool Age of the Future.- 8. The Rapid Growth in the Range of Applications.- 9. Detente for the Social Environment Conflict?.- 10. A New Wave of Independence.- 11. The Broad Field of the Information Society.- Old Values — A New Order.- 12. New Vitality for Old Values?.- 13. Decreasing Demands on the Environment Means Making Sacrifices.- 14. Social Benefits at the Expense of Our Future Security.- 15. Rediscovering the Human Factor.- 16. A New Look at an Old Problem.- 17. More than Just a Vision?.- Europe: Little Big Continent.- 18. Somehow Too Big and Too Small.- 19. Focusing Our Forces on the Facts.- 20. Reconciliation in the Midst of Contention.