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“Herman Kahn was a giant. He boldly confronted public issues with creativity and the conviction, in his case correct, that thought and analysis could help make ours a better world.
Donald Rumsfeld ”

“As a matter of fact, Herman Kahn, with all his scientific studies, all his subtle analyses, all his hypothetical experiments, remains a reformer (…) calling for a revolution in conformance with the technological revolution.
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• Strategic Studies, Deterrence and Nuclear Strategy
• In Defense of Thinking
• Twelve Nonissues and Twelve Almost Nonissues
• Some Problems in the Near Future
  

• Futures Studies and Public Policy
• Choosing a Perspective on the Future
• The Use of Scenarios
• Ways to Go Wrong

• Economic Development, Social Change, and the Limits to Growth
• Introduction to World Economic Development
• The First Task: A Realistic Image of the Future
• Technology and the Faustian Bargain

• Observations and Parting Polemics
• The Expert and Educated Incapacity
• Danger Invites Rescue
• Technological Innovation: Mistakes of Omission and Commission

• On Herman Kahn and his Work
• Know-it-all By Dan Seligman
• The Great Transition and the Social Limits to Growth by Paul Aligica

• Books by Herman Kahn
• The Year 2000: A Framework for Speculation on the Next Thirty-Three Years (88 Mb - please do not attempt to download this book without a highspeed internet connection)

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