Activists: How passion will change our world and impact of terrorism.
Futurist Topics - Future Trends
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This video is about radical political forces, activism, terrorism and single issues. What steps should government take? How government policy will be dominated by small numbers of well organised campaigners. Carbon trading? Global warming? Environment? Discrimination and social justice? Democracy what kind of system is best? Are other systems of government more appropriate in some emerging economies? Different systems of democracy. How democracy could work for a global government based loosely around the UN / United Nations - even if this is very unlikely to happen at any point in the next 50 years.
Should the majority global population have power to alter how the global village is run on single issues? Expect stronger joint action by India, China and other BRICS nations. Expect religious issues to grow in influence in countries like Nigeria, India, Pakistan. Expect growing wealth inequalities within and between nations to fuel growth of new protest / terrorist. Need to understand different religious cultures more deeply.
What makes someone want to become a suicide bomber? Need to understand the motivation of protestors and activists and their deep passion for a better world even if you may disagree with their methods and goals. Ways to reduce risk of global and regional conflict and stopping new wars.
Overstated risks of terror attacks, failure to understand risks. Why terrorism rules by fear and what to do about it.
Lecture by physician and futurist keynote conference speaker Patrick Dixon for 2008 Stein Am Rhein leadership summit - facilitated by Professor Prabhu Guptara.
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