1. One of the defining features of American Futurism is its technological optimism. See, for example, O'Neill, G., 2081: A Hopeful View of the Human Future. Simon and Schuster, New York, 1981; or any issue of The Futurist, the monthly magazine of the World Future Society, Washington, DC.
2. Changing Images of Futures in the 20th Century;Slaughter;Futures,1991
3. Schwartz, P. and Leyden, P., The Long Boom. Wired, July 1997, pp. 116–173.
4. Futures Studies: from individual to social capacity;Slaughter;Futures,1996
5. Stevenson, N., The Diamond Age. Bantam, New York, 1996.