Wallace Versus Mother Goose Parody by Russell Baker
The essay satire rewrites Mother Goose figures to attack government, calling for change in governance. Wallace voices fury at pseudo intellectuals, welfare, and bureaucrats, urging removal of perceived corrupt elites and a shift to a Father George Land.
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Russell Baker
New York Times News Service
Washington
George Wallace
Mary
Mama
Goose Land
Mama Goose Land
Cora Sue Muffet
Cora Sue
Old Jack
What Sort Of World Will It Be
An editor notes a panel of scientists predicts the year 2000 features rocket travel and computer governance. They foresee abundant energy, space mining, orbiting labs, a world population of six to seven billion, longer lifespans, more research centers, less disease but greater stress, weather and population control, and a shift toward government and universities in leadership.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Cambridge
Mass
Carnegie Corporation
Andrew Squibb, Jr
World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service, Inc
U.S
Predictions for the Year 2000 Shaped by Futurists
A 1960s overview of the Commission on the Year 2000 formed by the American Academy of Arts and Sciences outlines four change drivers technology diffusion structure and global relations. It highlights how rapid advances in computing biomedical engineering and social organization shape future society with ethical and policy challenges.
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Washington
France
England
American Academy
United States
Commvnsion
Daniel Bell
Calumita Universit
Leonard J. Dahl
U.S
Roe
Counye
Martin
Sugmae
Bell
100 Inventions To Look For In Next 33 Years
A World Book Encyclopedia summary notes in 1967 that Herman Kahn and the Hudson Institute forecast 100 likely advances into the late 20th century. Predictions include lasers for sensing and power, advanced materials, new power sources, automated production, cyborgs, weather control, undersea and space installations, and pervasive computing and surveillance.
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World Book Encyclopedia
Science Service, Inc
Herman Kahn
United States
Macmillan
Kahn
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