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		<title>Futures Studies: What it is and Why it Matters</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2014 03:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Science fiction has long been known for the many authors who predicted the future in one sense or another, often related to technological advancements or industrial achievements. What many don&#8217;t know, though, is that predicting the future isn&#8217;t just for<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/28/futurestudies/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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		<title>Changing Direction to Better Reflect My Goals</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Feb 2014 23:21:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In order to better reflect my goals as a writer, I need to make a change to the format of this blog. Originally I envisioned this blog as looking into how technology and science will affect the future, but the<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/changing-directions/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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		<title>Why Engineers Must try to Save the World (A quote)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 08:54:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In short, the circumstances of our fragile, peculiar time favor grand interventions from engineers. These interventions are consistent with the worthy and ambitious initiatives proposed by the National Academy of Engineering. But while most &#8220;prizes&#8221; and &#8220;challenges&#8221; encourage the pursuit<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/19/in-short-the-c/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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		<title>Without our past, we are without identity</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Feb 2014 18:51:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When capturing the human spirit in literature, always remember the struggle we face as a species to explore the unknown and the importance of the past in showing what is truly at stake if we fail.  To allow ourselves to stop in this pursuit is to allow our spirit to die and deny the millions of pioneers who paved the road with only one goal: discovering that which we do not know.<div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/16/without-our-past-we-are-without-identity/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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		<title>An Introduction to Crafting our Future</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 01:16:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The best way to predict the future is to invent it&#8221; &#8211; Alan Kay Creating a believable future relies on having a clear view of the present and the past. Often, the best science fiction worlds base themselves on the<span class="ellipsis">&#8230;</span><div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/an-introduction-to-crafting-our-future/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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		<title>How Will We Enhance Our Minds in the Future?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Feb 2014 00:38:13 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This post explores one of the possibilities for enhancing our intelligence using genetics and how it will shape the future<div class="read-more"><a href="https://craftingourfuture.wordpress.com/2014/02/13/enhance-minds-in-future/">Read more &#8250;</a></div><!-- end of .read-more -->]]></description>
		
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