Future fiction and the military: visions of other worlds?

Author: Richardson J.G.

Source: Foresight - The journal of future studies, strategic thinking and policy, Volume 4, Number 5, 2002 , pp. 46-54(9)

Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited

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Abstract:

Speculation, hypothesizing and imagination are the dreamer's tools. Advanced research and novel technology for the military often profit from what are sometimes unstructured approaches to invention. Once that reality materializes, it may be stranger than the phantasma of the most unleashed of minds.

Keywords: Forecasting; Research; Technology

Document Type: Research article

Publication date: 2002-11-01