The Future, Declassified : Megatrends That Will Undo the World Unless We Take Action (Hardcover)

from jec27

This book deserves the extra time to read and digest reflections on the present and past that lead either logically or hypothetically to a future. Burrows draws from presuppositions to project scenarios they support; the reader may neglect to consider that climate change and government funding an...

from bezoar44

This is exactly the book you might expect from its cover copy: a long time US intelligence analyst retires after serving as the primary author for three rounds of the National Intelligence Council's Global Trends report, hangs out his shingle at a high-powered think tank, and publishes his own as...

from jjvors

I had great hopes for this book, The Future Declassified. The author, Matthew Burrows, was a former counselor for the National Intelligence Council, under Presidents Bush and Obama. The back cover reads, "In the tradition of Future Shock, a fascinating look at the world we might inhabit in 2030"....

from WaltNoise

The Future Declassified is an overview of the threats facing our world. Written before Putin's offensive into Ukraine and the rise of Islamic State, Burrows did see these areas as potential threats. He wasn't very prescient about just how militarily successful the aggressors were likely to be. Pe...

from WCHagen

Mathew Burrows, former Counselor, National Intelligence Council, has produced a declassified and probably heavily abridged version of "Global Trends", a publication of the NIC intended to give our government leadership a preview of the world affairs fifteen or so years in the future. The first tw...