Jerome Glenn kindly delivered me an information of his project for PHILOFHI,
but it may be also of interest for WSN-ers.
Millenium Project as a part of
American Council of UN is closer to (or directly promotes?) the
mainstream liberal ideology, while major part of PHILOFHI and WSN seems
to be more close to
'antisystemic' intellectual movements. This opposition can be useful for
dialogue and discussion about 'lessons of history' (if both sides are open for
it).
At the same time I would like to get some more informal information of the
Millenium Project. Maybe anybody can help?
best, Nikolai
To: "Nikolai S. Rozov" <ROZOV@cnit.nsu.ru>
From: "Jerome C. Glenn" <jglenn@igc.apc.org>
The Millennium Project of the American Council for the United Nations
University in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution and The
Futures Group is conducting a unique study with an international panel
of eminent historians, social scientists, and scholars to explore the
possible uses of history in creating and improving scenarios of the future.
As a scholar interested in the philosophy of history you have unique
perspectives that will be valuable to this study. We invite you to
respond to the the second round of the study on Internet web site:
http://nko.org/millennium and select "Lessons of History."
A futurist's use of the term "scenario" means a description of how a
future might evolve from the present. Scenarios are usually written
as sets of three or four scenarios, each with different assumptions.
Futurists and planners often construct scenarios with insufficient
understanding of history and how an historical perspective can
provide a reality check in their work. By identifying and exploring
lessons of history, we hope that this study can provide a new tool
(a series of lessons and questions to act as a "check list" for
futurists to apply) that will improve forecasting and planning.
The Millennium Project is designed to provide a global capacity
for early warning and analysis of long-range issues and strategies.
The purpose of the Project is to assist in organizing futures research,
up-date and improve global thinking about the future (which this
study of the lessons of history is one approach), and make that
thinking available through a variety of media. It accomplishes
these ends by connecting individuals and institutions around
the world to collaborate on research to address important global
issues. It is not intended to be a one-time study of the future, but
to provide an on-going capacity as a geographically and institutionally
dispersed think tank. Cooperating groups called "Millennium Project
Nodes" assist in the work of the project. Current nodes are in Beijing,
Buenos Aires, Cairo, Lismore (Australia), London, and Moscow.
Other nodes are in formation in Berlin, Paris, Rome, Teherhan, and Tokyo.
We hope you and your colleagues will take a few moments from your
very busy schedules to share the lessons of your culture and civilization
in the global study. If you have any questions, please email me at:
jglenn@igc.org or visit the Millennium Project's website:
http://nko.org/millennium.
Sincerely yours,
Jerome C. Glenn, co-director
AC/UNU Millennium Project