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Joel Garreau (born 1948) is an American
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, scholar, and author. In 1981, Garreau published ''
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''. In 1991, he published '' Edge City: Life on the New Frontier''. In 2005, he published ''Radical Evolution: The Promise and Peril of Enhancing Our Minds, Our Bodies—and What It Means to Be Human''. He has served as a fellow at
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, a Bernard L. Schwartz Fellow at
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, the
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and
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. Previously, he was a reporter and editor at ''
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''. He is a senior fellow at the School of Public Policy at
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, leading two groups, one studying the future of universities and the other examining which global gateway city regions will be the winners and losers in the year 2020.


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Edge city ''Edge city'' is a term that originated in the United States for a concentration of business, shopping, and entertainment outside a traditional downtown or central business district, in what had previously been a suburban residential or rur ...
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Maes–Garreau law The Maes–Garreau law is the statement that "most favorable predictions about future technology will fall within the Maes–Garreau point", defined as "the latest possible date a prediction can come true and still remain in the lifetime of the per ...
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Transhumanism Transhumanism is a philosophical and intellectual movement which advocates the enhancement of the human condition by developing and making widely available sophisticated technologies that can greatly enhance longevity and cognition. Transhuma ...
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Urban planning Urban planning, also known as town planning, city planning, regional planning, or rural planning, is a technical and political process that is focused on the development and design of land use and the built environment, including air, water, ...


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Joel Garreau's web site
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