The Foresighted Society

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The Foresighted Society
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Conclusions for the future

• Attitudes
• Knowledge
• Infrastructures

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Driving forces

• Individualization
• Borderlessness

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Pioneering technology

• IT
• The new biology
• Materials technology

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Future trends

• Outside pressures
• Environmental issues
• Knowledge capital
• New working methods and living patterns
• More and more older people
• The move into cities
• Ethics and privacy

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The panels look at the future

• Technology in the service of man
• A richer and freer life
• A healthier life for everyone
• Successful regions and cities
• New business concepts and services

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The panels look at the future

• A richer and freer life
• but leisure time and security

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The panels look at the future

• A healthier life for everyone
• but higher health care costs
• and ethical issues?

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The panels look at the future

• Successful regions and cities
• but will it be possible to
• continue living in other parts of
• Sweden?

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The panels look at the future

• Flourising new business concepts and services
• but can Sweden keep up with
• rapid international developments?

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Attitudes

• Plan for the future
• Desire for change is the most important
• Dare not be certain but know and experiment

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Knowledge

• The schools in the frontline
• Lifelong learning
• Education not courses
• A multidisciplinary approach

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Infrastructures

• Traditional infrastructures
• Types of telecommunications traffic converging
• Clear rules
• Incentives for growth