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LOCK STEP
Scenario Narratives A world of tighter top-down government control and more
authoritarian leadership, with limited innovation and growing
citizen pushback
HEADLINES IN LOCK STEP
Quarantine Restricts In-Person Contact; Cellular Networks Overloaded(2013)
Italy Addresses 'Immigrant Caregiver' Gap with Robots(2017)
Vietnam to Require ‘A Solar Panel on Every Home’ (2022)
African Leaders Fear Repeat of Nigeria's 2026 Government Collapse(2028)
Intercontinental Trade Hit by Strict Pathogen Controls (2015)
Will Africa’s Embrace of Authoritarian Capitalism a la China Continue? (2018)
Proliferating Trade Networks in Eastern and Southern Africa Strengthen Regional Ties(2023)
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CLEVER TOGETHER
A world in which highly coordinated and successful
strategies emerge for addressing both urgent and entrenched
worldwide issues
HEADLINES CLEVER TOGETHER
Global Economy Turns the Corner (2011)
'Info Cruncher' Is Grads' Job of Choice as Data Era Dawns (2016)
A First: U.S. Solar Power Cheaper than Coal(2020)
Consortium of Foundations Launches Third Green Revolution as Food Shortages Loom (2027)
Radical U.S. and China Emission Targets Signal New Era in Climate Change Negotiations(2015)
Green Infrastructure Reshapes Economic Landscape (2018)
Transparency International Reports 10th Consecutive Year of Improved Governance(2025)
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HACK ATTACK
An economically unstable and shock-prone
world in which governments weaken, criminals thrive,
and dangerous innovations emerge
HEADLINES HACK ATTACK
Millennium Development Goals Pushed Back to 2020 (2012)
Islamic Terror Networks Thrive in Latin America(2016)
Doctors Without Borders Confined Within Borders(2020)
Warlords Dispense Vital Medicines to Southeast Asian Communities(2028)
Violence Against Minorities and Immigrants Spikes Across Asia (2014)
Congo Death Toll Hits 10,000 in Malaria Drug Scandal (2018)
Nations Struggling with Resource Constraints Race to Scale Synthetic Biology(2021)
India-Pakistan Water War Rages(2027)
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SMART SCRAMBLE
An economically depressed world in which individuals and
communities develop localized, makeshift solutions to a
growing set of problems
HEADLINES IN SMART SCRAMBLE
National Medical Labs in Southeast Asia Herald New Diagnostics for Native Diseases(2013)
'Returnee' Innovators Struggle to Expand Sales Beyond Home Markets(2020)
VC Spending Within Sub-Saharan Africa Triples (2025)
Low-Cost Water Purification Device Halves Diarrhea Deaths in India (2015)
Chinese Government Pressured as Protests Spread to 250 Cities(2017)
Famine Haunts Ethiopia—Again(2022)
Maker Faire Ghana Partners with ‘Idol’ Franchise to Spotlight Young Innovators (2027)
if this is the worlds that people predict then they do that on a educated guess I would think. So I don’t take these outlooks with a pinch of salt for that reason.
When they are assesing these scenario they are looking at them only from their own perspective and assesing which one will further their cause the fastest with the least amount of risk. The wellbeing of their fellow man does not come into the calculations...
- Ann M. Fudge, 2006- , former chairman and CEO, Young & Rubicam Brands, New York.
- Helene D. Gayle, 2009- , president and CEO of CARE.
- Alice S. Huang, Senior Faculty Associate, California Institute of Technology.
- Thomas J. Healey, 2003- , Partner, Healey Development LLC; teaching course at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government; formerly with Goldman, Sachs and an Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
- Strive Masiyiwa, 2003- , Zimbabwean businessman and cellphone pioneer, founding Econet Wireless.
- Diana Natalicio, 2004- , President, The University of Texas at El Paso
- Sandra Day O'Connor, 2006- , Associate Justice, Retired, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. (First woman appointed to the Supreme Court.)
- Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, 2009- , Managing Director of the World Bank; former Finance Minister and Foreign Minister of Nigeria.
- Richard Parsons, 2007- , Chairman of the Board, Citigroup Inc.
- Surin Pitsuwan, 2010- , Secretary general of ASEAN and Thai politician.
- David Rockefeller, Jr., 2006- , Chair of foundation board Dec. 2010- ; Vice Chairman of Rockefeller Family & Associates; Director and former Chair, Rockefeller & Co., Inc.; current Trustee of the Museum of Modern Art.
- Judith Rodin- President of the Foundation; ex-officio member of Board
- John W. Rowe, 2007- , professor at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health; former Chairman and CEO of Aetna Inc.
- Vo-Tong Xuan, 2002- , Vice President for Academic Affairs, Tan Tao University, Ho Chi Minh City; former rector of An Giang University, the second university in Vietnam's Mekong Delta.
Wikipedia
Yes they are isnt that just a way of gaining TAX breaks on what little TAX they pay already for the vast sums they make