Alvin Toffler and Other Futurists -- Interviews and Essays by Michael Finley

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Reports on Alvin Toffler and others by Michael Finley

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Peter Drucker, "A Conversation with Peter Drucker"
Judy Bardwick, "Finding Comfort in Endless Danger"
Don Tapscott, "The Digital Economy"
Sherry Turkle, "Behind the Screen"
Nicholas Negroponte, "Being Digital"
Gary Hamel, "A Point of View about the Future"
Lester Thurow, "Head to Head in the New Economy"
Watts Wacker & Jim Taylor "The 500 Year Delta"
Richard Schroth, "The 21st Century CEO"
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ESSAYS on the FUTURE by Michael Finley
Michael Finley "Future Fame"
Michael Finley, "The Future Is Falling"
Michael Finley, "The Dog of the Future"

Twenty Four Seven (February 1, 2001)

Professor Pervo's Credenza (February 23, 2001)

Future Shoes Walking (February 2001)

Lost in Space (March 2001)

Up Burning (January 12, 2001)

A View from the Bluff (January 5, 2001)

The Other Side of the Tracks (January 2001)

The Blue Bicycle (December 25, 2001)

The Trouble with Time (December 8, 2001)

The Boat Is Full (December 2, 2001)

The Other Side of the Tracks (December 1, 2000)

The Worst Technologies of the Last 1,000 Years (December 2000)

Cellar, Beware (December 2000)

The Electronic Candidate (June 11, 2000)

Stupid People (November 23, 2000)

Invisible Angels (November 17, 2000)

But I'm Not on a Team (November 3, 2000)

Wail of the Internet Siren (October 27, 2000)

One Man's Meter (October 13, 2000)

Bathtub Madonna (October 9, 2000)

OnYourSide.com, R.I.P. (October 6, 2000)

Retreat to the Future! (October 2000)

Yugoslavia's Hour (September 26, 2000)

Demassify the Olympics! (October 7, 2000)

Rage Against the Machine! (September 10, 2000)

The Honey Guide (August 18, 2000)

Gee, Whiz (August 8, 2000)

Tasmanian Devils (August 10, 2000)

Prayer for Peace (July 26, 2000)

Imelda's Closet (August 2000)

The Killer Shrew (July 31, 2000)

Sheep Dip (July 22, 2000)

The Woolly Mammoth (July 11, 2000)

King of the Techno Hill (July 2, 2000)

A Big Fat Hen (July 2, 2000)

Apocryphal Business Fables (July 2, 2000)

Silverbacks (July 4, 2000)

More Zany Computer Humor (June 25, 2000)

Cynical Thoughts about the Microsoft Breakup (June 8, 2000)

The Amoeba Organization (June 25, 2000)

Appreciate the Barnacle (June 18, 2000)

Bran Ferren's Story (May 20, 2000)

Memorial Day 2000 (May 20, 2000)

Beyond Plasma (May 28, 2000)

Desire of the Everlasting Hills (May 22, 2000)

The Napster Monster (May 1, 2000)

The Sins of Microsoft (April 5, 2000)

Cisco in the Crisco (April 12, 2000)

Bees in the Head (April 16, 2000)

Night Shift at the GOP Phone Bank (March 26, 2000)

cipher, erase ... (Presidents Day 2000)

A Bonfire of Creative Destruction (January 9, 2000)

Nothing but blue skies from now on (October 1999)

The Hills Have Eyes (October 24, 1999)

The Extraterrestrial at Home (October 10, 1999)

Big Information vs. the Giant Dirtball (September 19, 1999)

Twain Compliant (August 15, 1999)

Of Politics, Processors, and Poetry (August 8, 1999)

The Ultimate Technology (June 20, 1999)

The Emperor's New Computer (March 27, 1999)

I Have Seen the Future and It Is Old (March 7, 1999)

The Age of Sensors (February 28, 1999)

Between Economies: A Tale Most Micawber (January 31, 1999)

What the heck Are Future Shoes? (January 17, 1999)

The Sound and the Flurry (January 3, 1999)

You May Already Be a Luddite (June 1999)

2029: A Space Anniversary (April 1999)

The Dog of the Future (October 25, 1998)

Yugoslavia: You've Got Mail (May 2, 1999)

"I Have Seen the Future and It Is Old" (March 7, 1999)

"The Age of Sensors" (February 28, 1999)

"The Devil's Computer" (February 21, 1999)

"I Met the Planet Finder" (February 14, 1999)

"Rendering Unto Microsoft" (February 7, 1999)

"What the heck Are Future Shoes?" (January 17, 1999)

"How Many Workstations Has the Pope?" (November 30, 1998)

"The Man in the Plastic Garbage Can" (November 15, 1998)

"The Future Is Falling" (November 1, 1998)

Are We Getting Studiper? Devolution in Action (November 1998)

"Is Your Car TV-Ready?" (October 18, 1998)

"Gloomy Guesses about the Coming Global Meltdown" (October 5, 1998)

"Kill Your Computer, Then Everyone Else" (July 6, 1998)

"Dear Online Expert: Please Do My Homework" (May 25, 1998)

How I Lost My Guru Status (Jan. 19, 1998)

Beyond the Paperless Office (Jan. 7, 1998)

"How Many Workstations Has the Pope?" (November 30, 1998)

"The Pregnant Policeman" (November 22, 1998)

"The Man in the Plastic Garbage Can" (November 15, 1998)

"The Future Is Falling" (November 1, 1998)

Are We Getting Studiper? Devolution in Action (November 1998)

"The Dog of the Future" (October 25, 1998)

"Is Your Car TV-Ready?" (October 18, 1998)

"Columbus in the reading room: a Moebius trip" (October 12, 1998)

"Gloomy Guesses about the Coming Global Meltdown" (October 5, 1998)

"Mortality a Vexing Problem for Computer Buyers" (September 21, 1998)

"Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest" (July 13, 1998)

"Kill Your Computer, Then Everyone Else" (July 6, 1998)

"Fortississimo!" (May 11, 1998)

"Microsoft Is the Borg: Prepare to Be Assimilated" (March 2, 1998)

Beyond the Paperless Office (Jan. 7, 1998)

The Millennium Fiasco ... a Y2K scenario (Jan. 1, 1998)

Season's Greetings from the Space Station Mir (Dec. 2, 1997)

Thurston Throckmorton, Telecommuting Needs You! (For release Nov. 10, 1997)

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