Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds, credited to National Intelligence Council, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording of Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds by National Intelligence Council. Read in English by Patrick McHaffie Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds is the fifth installment (published in 2012) in the National Intelligence Council’s series aimed at providing a framework for thinking about the future. As with previous editions, this report will stimulate strategic thinking by identifying critical trends and potential discontinuities. It distinguishes between megatrends, those factors that will likely occur under any scenario, and game-changers, critical variables whose trajectories are far less certain. As the diversity and complexity of various factors has grown, there is increased attention to scenarios or alternative worlds. At a critical juncture in human history, which could lead to widely contrasting futures. The contention is presented that the future is not set in stone, but is malleable, the result of an interplay among megatrends, game-changers and, above all, human agency. The ultimate goal is to encourage decisionmakers—whether in government or outside—to think and plan for the long term so that negative futures do not occur and positive ones have a better chance of unfolding. (from the Executive Summary, lightly edited for clarity) - Summary by Patrick McHaffie

Recording facts

• Recording title: Global Trends 2030: Alternative Worlds
• Author credits: National Intelligence Council
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 12
• Listed recording duration: 8:50:05

Catalogue topics

• environment
• climate change
• national security
• globalization
• demography

Track guide

1. 01 - Introduction — 17:05
2. 02 - Chapter 1 - part 1 — 44:41
3. 03 - Chapter 1 - part 2 — 35:53
4. 04 - chapter 1 - part 3 — 41:00
5. 05 - chapter 2 - part 1 — 49:52
6. 06 - chapter 2 - part 2 — 52:03
7. 07 - chapter 2 - part 3 — 51:18
8. 08 - chapter 2 - part 4 — 55:52
9. 09 - chapter 2 - part 5 — 53:31
10. 10 - chapter 2 - part 6 — 50:50
11. 11 - chapter 3 - part 1 — 40:59
12. 12 - chapter 3 - part 2 — 37:01

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