Keynote speaker on global trends, author of 16 Futurist books - Patrick Dixon.
Future Relationships, Family, Marriage, Divorce
Married couples in future can expect adultery to be a normal part of their lives. Commitment should be based on mutual needs rather than romantic love. Those are the views of Professor Carol Smart of Leeds University.
(Archive material - published feature Daily Telepgraph in 1996).
Read more: The swing against "free love"
Future Health Care and Pharma Keynote Speaker
Foot and Mouth risk from deliberate spread? - economic terrorism risk using Foot and Mouth in animals as a biological weapon. Vaccination against Foot and Mouth urgently needed.
Read more: The Truth about Foot and Mouth
AI Artificial Intelligence Robotics Cybersecurity
For historical interest - a snapshot of life then....
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- 36% of all US homes have PCs and 30% of all those PCs are on the net.
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- One New York survey found 17% of men claimed to be on-line for more than 40 hours per week.
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- 58% had reduced TV watching.
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- Internet addiction is becoming a recognised problem.
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- Cable modems now capable of 30 megabits per second - 1,000 times faster than ordinary modems.
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- 2.9 million have bought services or goods on the net.
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- 1 million will make internet voice calls in 1997.
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Read more: Internet Archive Data 1997
Future Health Care and Pharma Keynote Speaker
What is substance abuse and how can substance abuse be treated? Read free book on substance abuse on this site, by Dr Patrick Dixon. "The Truth about Drugs" published by Hodder 1998 covers all aspects of substance abuse, drug use, and drug dependency. According to UNDP 8% of value of all international trade is illegal drugs - the true cost of substance abuse.
Read more: Drugs - what is substance abuse?