The World Future Society (WFS), founded in 1966, is an international community of
futurist
Futurists (also known as futurologists, prospectivists, foresight practitioners and horizon scanners) are people whose specialty or interest is futurology or the attempt to systematically explore predictions and possibilities abou ...
s and future thinkers.
History
Prominent members and contributors have included
Ray Kurzweil
Raymond Kurzweil ( ; born February 12, 1948) is an American computer scientist, author, inventor, and futurist. He is involved in fields such as optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech synthesis, speech recognition technology, and e ...
,
Peter Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker (; ; November 19, 1909 – November 11, 2005) was an Austrian-American management consultant, educator, and author, whose writings contributed to the philosophical and practical foundations of the modern business co ...
,
Carl Sagan
Carl Edward Sagan (; ; November 9, 1934December 20, 1996) was an American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator. His best known scientific contribution is research on ext ...
, and
Neil deGrasse Tyson
Neil deGrasse Tyson ( or ; born October 5, 1958) is an American astrophysicist, author, and science communicator. Tyson studied at Harvard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Columbia University. From 1991 to 1994, he was a po ...
.
Leadership
Current board chair & CEO
Julie Friedman Steele: 2016–Present
Past presidents and executive directors
Amy Zalman: 2014–2016
Timothy Mack, Esq.: 2004–2014
Edward Cornish: 1966–2004
Publications
''The Futurist'' magazine
''The Futurist'' magazine was established in 1967, with Edward Cornish serving as the founding editor. From 1967 to 2015, it was a full-color bi-monthly magazine. Today, it is an online publication that reports on technological, societal, and public policy trends, along with topics related to the future of human purpose. ''The Futurist'' was nominated for a 2007
Utne Independent Press Award
''Utne Reader'' (also known as ''Utne'') ( ) is a digital digest that collects and reprints articles on politics, culture, and the environment, generally from alternative media sources including journals, newsletters, weeklies, zines, music, and ...
for Best Science and Technology Coverage.
''World Future Review'' academic journal
The World Future Society previously published the academic journal ''World Future Review''. This journal was published independent from the World Future Society starting with Volume 8.
References
External links
World Future Society(WFS) official website
''The Futurist'' magazine archives
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Futures studies organizations
International organizations based in the United States
International scientific organizations
Magazines established in 1967
Magazines published in Maryland
Organizations established in 1966