<feed version="0.3" xml:lang="en-us" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><generator>Plime/1</generator><title>Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future : ATOM 0.3</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/"/><tagline>Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future : ATOM 0.3</tagline><author><name>www.plime.com</name><email>plime@plime.com</email></author><copyright>2009, www.plime.com.</copyright><modified>2009-12-01T01:40:03+01:00</modified><entry><title><![CDATA[Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/world/l/35368/1/" /><id>35368</id><summary><![CDATA[Report: Despite many challenges, world faces brighter future]]></summary><issued>2007-09-11T23:21:44+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-11T23:21:44+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[&quot;Although great human tragedies like Iraq and Darfur dominate the news, the vast majority of the world is living in peace, conflicts actually decreased over the past decade,&quot; says the 2007 State of the Future report.]]></content></entry><hr size='1' class='line' noshade/><div style='padding-top:20px;height:300px;margin-right:10px;float:left;'><script type="text/javascript"><!--
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This hasn't happened in AGES.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T10:21:02+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T10:21:02+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[I also notices this.<br/>I mean, Europe is not complete void of &quot;war&quot; and every country lives in peace (Technically, Turkey and Greece are still at war, but not much shooting going on). This hasn't happened in AGES.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[pocksucket @ 9/12/2007 8:38:40 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q7" /><id>102909</id><summary><![CDATA[And in a strangely positive way, the site was really slow when I clicked it.  Suggests a lot of people are all seeing this at once.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T08:38:40+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T08:38:40+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[And in a strangely positive way, the site was really slow when I clicked it.  Suggests a lot of people are all seeing this at once.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Hoosker @ 9/12/2007 7:53:00 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q6" /><id>102896</id><summary><![CDATA[nice find DC]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T07:53:00+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T07:53:00+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[nice find DC]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[rambler @ 9/12/2007 4:20:22 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q5" /><id>102852</id><summary><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i>&quot;This is the most vetted, longest lasting, cumulative integrated futures research project in history,&quot; said Jerome Glenn, head of the Millennium Project, which each year updates and expands the State of the Future.</i></d...]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T04:20:22+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T04:20:22+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[<div class='qp pad d'><i>&quot;This is the most vetted, longest lasting, cumulative integrated futures research project in history,&quot; said Jerome Glenn, head of the Millennium Project, which each year updates and expands the State of the Future.</i></div>Sounds a bit like the &quot;Seldon Plan&quot;, Asimov's concept of psychohistory.<br/><br/>Yes, good news to see positive trends... but there is still a lot to do. Even one conflict in Africa (or anywhere) is too much, etc.  And I am still hoping for increased and improved communication between peoples with widely different belief systems, be they religious, economic, or whatever.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[bluenutria @ 9/12/2007 1:21:03 AM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q4" /><id>102803</id><summary><![CDATA[Finally, some good news.  I was needing this.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-12T01:21:03+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-12T01:21:03+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Finally, some good news.  I was needing this.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[deepchill @ 9/11/2007 11:37:26 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q3" /><id>102745</id><summary><![CDATA[Sometimes it seems like there never is any. It's nice to take in something positive from time to time.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-11T23:37:26+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-11T23:37:26+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Sometimes it seems like there never is any. It's nice to take in something positive from time to time.]]></content></entry><entry><title><![CDATA[Bornbad @ 9/11/2007 11:33:30 PM]]></title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.plime.com/l/35368/1/atom0_3.rss#q2" /><id>102741</id><summary><![CDATA[Good news is always welcome, deep.]]></summary><issued>2007-09-11T23:33:30+01:00</issued><modified>2007-09-11T23:33:30+01:00</modified><content type="text/html" mode="escaped"><![CDATA[Good news is always welcome, deep.]]></content></entry></feed>