State of the Future – 2017-1997

State of the Future

Since 1997, The Millennium Project has published 19 editions of The State of Future in 8 languages: English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Arabic, Japanese, Korean, and Bulgarian. Most of the nineteen annual State of the Future reports were selected by Future Survey as among the year’s best books on the future.

“The State of the Future is an informative publication that gives invaluable insights into the future for the United Nations, its Member States, and civil society.”
 

— Ban Ki-moon, Ex-Secretary-General of the United Nations

“Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, should read this incredible document, period!”
   

— Technological Forecasting & Social Change

Delphi Economic Forum – April 10-12, 2024

The Delphi Economic Forum, the annual conference engaging business, political, academic, and other top experts to address emerging challenges and promote sustainabile, is ongoing in the ancient city of Delphi (April 10-12, 2024). Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, Chair of the Greece Node of The Millennium Project, will join the Forum again this year on April 13, as […]

Latin America by 2050 book presentation – April 12, 2024

On April 12, 2024, the Centro de Estudio Prospectivos de Cuyo, member of the Argentina Node of The Millennium Project and World Futures Studies Federation chapter, in collaboration with The Millennium Project, the RIBER Network and many others, organizes an online event to present “Latin America by 2050. Challenges, Scenarios and Actions“ (Latinoamérica 2050. Retos, […]

Seeking Delphi™ on AI implications and regulation – April 9, 2024

In episode #59 of Seeking Delphi™, a podcast devoted to everything and anything relating to the future of humanity, the host Mark Sackler interviews Jerome Glenn, CEO of The Millennium Project, on the right questions to ask when talking about Artificial Intelligence. Sackler and Glenn discuss what Artificial General Intelligence will likely be in the […]

Visions of tomorrow webinar – April 13, 2024

The Pinoy Speculative Fiction Groups organizes a free webinar called “Visions of Tomorrow: Science Fiction as a Tool for Foresighting the Future Philippines” on April 13, Saturday, at 4 PM CST. The webinar wants to explore the intersection of sci-fi and existing technologies in envisioning the future of the country. Guest speaker of the webinar […]

AI and You podcast with Jerome Glenn – April 8-15, 2024

Jerome Glen, executive director of The Millennium Project, will be guest speaker in two episodes of the “Artificial Intelligence & You” podcast series, where Peter Scott discusses what AI is and how it will it affect our life, work, and world with many expert guests. April 8, 2024: In this first half of the interview, […]

Foresight Europe Network Demo Hour – playlist & slots available

Demo Hour, a format created by FEN – Foresight Europe Network, regional Network of The Millennium Project, is a space where FEN members and Europe’s foresight community share and learn from each other’s approaches to foresight. The first year of the format in 2023 hosted discussions of diverse, kind, and truly valuable, with more than […]

Seatrade Cruise Global – April 8-11, 2024

Nicolas Balcom Raleigh, current President of the Foresight Europe Network – regional Network of The Millennium Project, will be one of the guest speakers of Seatrade Cruise Global, one of the World’s Largest Cruise Event taking place in Miami Beach (USA) in April 8-11, 2024. Nicolas Balcom Raleigh will join the session on “Cruising off […]

TechFuse Ioannina, Bridging Technology, Innovation + Culture – April 5-6, 2024

Erica Bol, Founder of the Germany Node of The Millennium Project, and Epaminondas Christofilopoulos, Chair of the Greece Node of The Millennium Project, will be joining TechFuse Ioannina – Bridging Technology, Innovation + Culture, the first annual conference in Greece that bridges technology and innovation with culture, through a diverse agenda, where its esteemed speakers […]

Web3 Fusion: Embracing AI and Beyond – April 15-16, 2024

Shermon Cruz, Chair of the Philippines Node of the Millennium Project, will be keynote speaker for “Web3 Fusion: Embracing AI and Beyond“, a groundbreaking hybrid conference where the future of technology meets practical application. The conference will take place on April 15-16 in Bangkok. Shermon Cruz will share on “Navigating the Digital Futures: Mega Trends […]

New Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Tad Davis joins The Millennium Project

Tad Davis joins The Millennium Project staff as new Chief Technology Officer. Tad was with Sun Microsystems for 14 years, then Areva, Alstrom, and his own company demenTad in Tbilisi, George. He brings a host of software and marking experience to MP. In addition to his updates and improvements of our website, he is working […]

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State of the Future version 19.0

by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and The Millennium Project Team

Pages: 208; includes some 50 graphs
ISBN: 978-0-9882639-5-6
Library of Congress Control Number:
98-646672

“An important example of using scientific methods and collective intelligence to help us understand and act better for the future.”
— Phil Mjwara, Director General, Ministry of Science & Technology, South Africa

“Outstanding report!”
— Jim Spohrer, Director, Cognitive Opentech Group, IBM

“A high level, reliable intellectual compass for the conflict ridden, and uncertain world advancing toward the mid-century.”
— Mihály Simai, former Chairman, United Nations University

“The indispensable guide for futurists and aspiring global citizens everywhere.”
— Hazel Henderson, Futurist, author, CEO, Ethical Markets Media

“Without this kind of guidance, many people would lose their way and get lost in their decision making process.”
— Julio Millan, President, Azteca Corporation, Mexico

“The State of the Future has proved useful for better addressing our resilience objectives.”
— Lina Liakou, Thessaloniki Vice Mayor and Chief Resilience Officer

“Great source of inspiration and focus to our organizations.”

— Michael Bodekaer, CEO, Learn-Technologies

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2015-16 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Elizabeth Florescu, and The Millennium Project Team

 

  • Paperback: 290 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2015)
  • Language: English; Spanish; Japanese.
  • ISBN-10: 0988263920
  • ISBN-13: 978-0988263925
  • Package Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches

“A lucid, thought-provoking, strategically oriented exploration of the transforming world order.”
— Mihaly Simai, former Chairman, United Nations University

“The State of the Future can make a difference in the world. Well done.”
— Wendell Bell, Professor Emeritus, Yale University

“Global intelligence on the future of the world in the palm of your hand.”
— Kurzweil AI News

“So important for many people around the world.”
— Eleonora Masini, former Secretary and President, World Futures Studies Federation

“Absolutely worth the reader’s time… takes the reader much farther forward than most thinking.”
— Defense & Foreign Affairs Policy Journal

“Strategic Planning for the Planet… remarkably articulate and prescient.”
— Willian Halal, Foresight Journal

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2013-14 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (April 15, 2014)
  • Language: English; Spanish; Arabic; Bulgarian; Korean.
  • ISBN: 978-0-9882639-1-8
  • Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672

“The most influential annual report on what we know about the future of humanity.”
— Paul Werbos, National Science Foundation“One of the premier guides to global future trends for asset managers.”
— Hazel Henderson, President, Ethical Markets“Global intelligence on the future of the world in the palm of your hand.”
— KurzweilAI News“Strategic Planning for the Planet… remarkably articulate and prescient.”
— Willian Halal, Foresight Journal

“The SOF report continues, year after year, to be the best introduction—by far
—to a broad range of major global issues and long-term remedies.”

— Michael Marien, Global Foresight Books

“Brilliant! Never ending source of invention and creativity.”
— Riel Miller, Foresight Director, UNESCO

Executive Summary (pdf): Arabic, Azeri, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish

2012 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • CD-ROM: 10000 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0981894194
  • ISBN-13: 978-0981894195
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

“Fascinating read”
— Andres Oppenheimer, Miami Herald & co-winner Pulitzer Prize     

 “A must read for any decision maker”
— Enrique Peña Nieto, Governor of the State of Mexico

“The best introduction to the major global issues and long-term remedies”

— Global Foresight Books

“The value and role of The Millennium Project is priceless.”

— Shamsaddin Hajiyev Gummat, Chair, Sci & Educ., Parliament of Azerbaijan

CD containing about 10, 000 + pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 16 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, Chinese

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2011 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2011)
  • Language: English; Spanish
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-5-7
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD 100-page print and an attached CD containing about 8,500 + pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 15 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file):Arabic, Azeri, Bulgarian, Chinese, English, French, Greek, Korean, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish

See articles in the “Press Room

Paperback Edition (English)

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2010 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 90 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (July 7, 2010)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0981894135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0981894133
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD

83-page print and an attached CD containing about 7,000 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 14 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Persian, Spanish

See articles in Ray Kurzweil’s Blog: “The State of the Future”
Wired: “Futurists ponder planet, avoid despairing…”
and others in the “press room

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2009 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: The Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 1, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-2-6
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.5 x 10.8 inches

Paperback with CD

100-page print and an attached CD containing about 6,700 pages of research behind the print edition and The Millennium Project’s 13 years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Persian, Spanish

See articles in The Independent: “The planet’s future…”
Sunday Herald
: “The seven terrors of the world”
and others in the “press room

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2008 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn, Theodore J. Gordon, and Elizabeth Florescu

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: Millennium Project; 1 edition (August 5, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 978-0-9818941-0-2
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM
… enclosed CD contains about 6,300 pages of research behind this print edition, as well as the Millennium Project’s 12 years of study and analysis.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Arabic, Azeri, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Russian, Spanish

Listed first in the TOP TEN 2008 der Zukunftsliteratur (best future literature in 2008) by pro ZUKUNFT, Austria, and among the “Best Books and Reports” by World Future Society Futures Survey‘s Annual Indexes and Best Books.

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2007 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 99 pages
  • Publisher: World Federation of UN Associations; 1 edition (August 2, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-6-0
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.2 x 8.2 x 10.5 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 6,000 pages of research behind
this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s eleven years of
cumulative research & methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) Azeri, Chinese, English,
French, Persian, Russian, Spanish

Press Release

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2006 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 125 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU; 1 edition (August 1, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-5-2
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 5,400 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s nine years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) Azeri, Chinese,English, French, Japanese, Persian, Portuguese,Russian,Spanish

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2005 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 20, 2005)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9722051-4-4
    Library of Congress Control Number:
    98-646672
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 3,500 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s nine years of cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file) English, Chinese, French,Japanese, Persian, Spanish, Czech

The report is also available in French: 2005 L’Etat du Ftutur

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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2004 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 98 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0-9722051-2-8
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2004108659
  • Package Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches

 

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 3,000 pages of research behind
this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s eight years of
cumulative research and methods.

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, Japanese, Korean, Persian, Spanish

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

Price: $29.95 US dollars

2003 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 96 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the UNU (July 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9722051-0-1
  • Library of Congress Control Number: 2003107816
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.8 x 11 inches

Paperback with CD-ROM

… enclosed CD contains over 2,500 pages of research behind this print edition, plus the Millennium Project’s seven years of cumulative research and methods.

Table of Contents

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): English, French, or Japanese, Persian, Spanish

Paperback Edition (English)

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2002 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 100 pages
  • CD-ROM: 2,000 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (August 2002)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-9-6
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.5 x 11 inches

2002 State of the Future is a unique resource for those who care about global change and improving the future. It provides an assessment of the human situation as a whole, prospects for the future, and actions for today. It is used by both those who need the most precise briefings and those who want the full research background. Each chapter in the book is an executive summary of more complete reports in the CD-ROM section of about 2,000 pages. As a result, it provides a common platform for global actors, educators, and the concerned public to use in building more coherent policy.

Paperback with CD-ROM. 100 pages print and about 2,000 pages CD-ROM

Read the Executive Summary (PDF file): Persian

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

Price: $29.95 US dollars

2001 State of the Future

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 90 pages
  • CD-ROM: 1,500 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (August 1, 2001)
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-8-8
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

“The Millennium Project on the State of the Future combines, as it should, flights of imagination into the far future with tightly focused analyses of present challenges.  An indispensable volume for those who seek both the inspiration and enlightenment needed to meet the challenges that will make a productive future possible.”
— Michael W. Doyle, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General, United Nations

Paperback with CD-ROM. 90 pages print and 1,500 page CD-ROM.

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

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State of the Future at the Millennium

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 92 pages
  • CD-ROM: 1000 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations (July 22, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-6-1
  • Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 11.2 x 9 inches

“The past can only be described, but we can write the future together. The State of the Future offers us a creative and new project of hope.”

Frederico Mayor, former Director-General of UNESCO

Best selling book at the July 23-26, 2000 World Future Society Conference.

State of the Future at the Millennium is a “report card on the future” written as an easy guide to what’s happing that can change the world with a range of views from around the world about who should do what to improve our prospects. This is what the educated world citizen should know. It gives you a sense of how humanity can get it all together.

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

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1999 State of the Future: Challenges We Face at the Millennium

Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

 

  • Paperback: 340 pages
  • Publisher: Amer Council for the United Nations; 1 edition (July 22, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-3-7
  • ISBN (CD-ROM format): 0-9657362-4-5
  • Product Dimensions: 1 x 8.8 x 11.2 inches

“The State of the Future distilles both foresight and genuine wisdom for humanity’s common future – from a global, multi-cultural collegium of advanced thinkers assembled by the Millennium Project. A major social innovation.”

— Hazel Henderson

“Scouting the future frontier into which we so slowly moved wasn’t particularly challenging yesteryear.  Hugely different now; more so tomorrow, as this book reveals.  It is an eye opener: sober, challenging, exciting, appropriately scary.  It’s something you should read if  you expect to go along, especially if you would like to affect the route.”

— Doug Engelbart

Paperback Edition (English)

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Electronic Edition

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1998 State of the Future: Issues and Opportunities

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

15 global opportunities with judgements about polices to achieve them, interactions with 15 global issues from 1997 report, global exploratory and normative scenarios, lessons and questions from history, and annotated bibliography of 250 scenarios.

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations; 1 edition (July 15, 1998)
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-1-0
  • Product Dimensions: 0.8 x 8.2 x 10.8 inches

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

Price: $29.95 US dollars

1997 State of the Future: Implications for Actions Today

by Jerome C. Glenn and Theodore J. Gordon

15 global issues with judgements about polices to address them, global scenarios, methodological issues, internet scanning, and annotated bibliography of 200 scenarios.

  • Paperback: 202 pages
  • Publisher: American Council for the United Nations University (1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN: 0-9657362-0-2
  • SBN: 987-20343-0-3

Paperback Edition (English)

Price: $39.95 US dollars + shipping

Electronic Edition

Price: $29.95 US dollars