Book of Logical Futures

The Predictors

Part 1: The Tools of Prediction

• The mathematical root of prediction
• The Fibonacci connection
• Practical divination
• Reading the signs
• Animal spirits and human nature
• The symmetry of life

Part 2: Cultural Perspectives

• Historic overview
• Eastern perspectives
• Divination of the Middle East
• Divination from Africa to the New world
• Perspectives of pagan and classical Europe ***
• In the shadow of Christianity *
• Modern prophetic culture *

Part 3: The Personalities (historic)

• An inclination of pessimism **
• Prophesy through the ages: The early days *
• Prophesy through the ages: Of Hebrew tradition ***
• Prophesy through the ages: The first millennium and beyond **
• Michel de Nôtredame **
• Prophesy through the ages: The 19th century **
• Prophesy through the ages: The 20th century (to 1945) **

Part 4: The Personalities (Modern Age)

• Prophesy through the ages: The 20th century (post-war) ***
• Prophesy through the ages: The modern creed ***
• Millennial apocalypses *
• The irrational, the spiritual, and the logical **

The Unfolding Future (…to Science Fact)

Part 1: The Microchip Revolution

• A computerised existence
• A brief history of the computer
• Supercomputers
• The Internet
• Bugs, worms, and viruses
• Artificial Intelligence

Part 2: Genetic Engineering

• A tailored existence
• A brief history of genetics
• Agricultural genetics *
• Medical genetics **
• Moral objections ***
• A brave new world

Part 3: A Technical Ecstasy

• Matter over mind
• Epilogue: A virtual reality?

Apocalyptic Scenarios

Part 1: An Inevitable Ending

• The age of existence
• Universal totality *
• Time
• Entropy and life

Part 2: The Natural Hypotheses

• Unearthly threats: The living Sun
• Unearthly threats: Death of a star
• Unearthly threats: Galactic anomalies
• Unearthly threats: Interplanetary forces *
• Terrestrial calamities: Major earthquakes
• Terrestrial calamities: Volcanoes and supervolcanoes*
• Terrestrial calamities: Oceanic and atmospheric disasters****
• A human affliction*********
• A natural conclusion

Part 3: Human Malevolence

• Human interference: To the detriment of life *****
• Human interference: Environmental complacency ************
• Interlude: Our unhealthy obsession with material wealth
• Intolerance and belligerence ***
• The fragile peace *
• Weapons of mass destruction: An historical overview ***
• Variations on M.A.D. *
• Psychological breakdown *******

Sanctuary

• The basis of assumption **
• Essential philosophies and behaviours for a post-apocalyptic community *
• Conclusion *