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Article: World writers speak out on the Century ahead: UNESCO futurist Jerome Binde has compiled a collection of essays evolving from a series of dialogues on the twenty-first century. (Book Review).('Keys to the 21st Century')
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- The Futurist
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- May 1, 2002
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Keys to the 21st Century
edited by Jerome Binde. UNESCO Publishing and Berghahn Books. 2001. 395 pages. Paperback. Available from the Futurist Bookstore for $22.50 ($19.95 for Society members), cat. no. B-2406.
An anthology of essays is usually intended to be browsed, not read cover to cover. But Keys to the 21st Century, a new volume of wide-ranging essays from UNESCO, rewards readers with selections that, together, combine useful facts and opinion with common sense about issues that matter, both for the present and the future.
The book's success is due in large measure to artful arrangement and articulate commentary by editor Jerome Binde. As ...