Individual approaches to futures thinking and decision making

The worried, the competitive and the indifferent—Approaches to the future in youth, their structural roots and outcomes in adult life

“…This is in line with the finding reported by future researchers Tonn and Mac Gregor [14] that women report more worry more about the future than men. When it comes to social class and worry, research is much more rare, both within psychology and future studies.…”

“…The team has also found that, for people in general, the 'future' means a point in time 15 years away [12]. As regards differences between groups, Tonn and MacGregor [14] found that males tend to worry less about the future than females and that older people tend to worry about and think less about the future than their younger counterparts. The findings concerning gender differences are somewhat contradicted by those of Hicks [6], who found that girls are more positive about their personal future than boys.…”

“…Recent contributions to the field also include empirical studies by Tonn and colleagues [12][13][14]. With the help of webbased surveys, they investigate how individuals in a large number of western countries think about and visualize the future.…”

Anticipating the Unanticipated-Unintended Consequences of Scientific and Technological Purposive Actions

“…The Stern Review conducted for the United Kingdom Treasury (2006) assumes the probability of human extinction during next century is 10 percent. Although a variety of human extinction scenarios are plausible (Bainbridge 2009; Carpenter and Bishop 2009; Goux-Baudiment 2009; Jones 2009; Lopes et al 2009; Morgan 2009; Tonn and MacGregor 2009a), humans are so adaptable that the probability of human extinction is probably very low but could still exceed an ethical threshold (Tonn and MacGregor 2009b).…”

Towards the reduction of injury and illness in athletes: defining our research priorities

“…As field-specific experts, the authors’ individual thinking would have been influenced by their personal past experiences, vision of the future and intuitions 7. Experts drawn from other backgrounds, including the end-user beneficiaries of research (ie, coaches, athletes, etc), may well suggest other priorities and it has been suggested elsewhere that these views be considered in future research 8…”