assignment history

In your own words
, identify and explain the significance of EIGHT (8) of the following individuals, ideas, subjects, etc., as they relate to the history of the future. Please write your answers in the space provided. You may consult the course text if you wish, but your answers should demonstrate your own understanding of each subject. All questions are of equal value.

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. Futurology

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2. Ossip Flechtheim
or
John von Neumann
or
Alan Turing

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3. Mathematical probability (in connection with future predictions)

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4. The ‘Prisoner’s Dilemma’
and/or
‘Let’s Make a Deal’ (aka ‘Goat-Car-Goat’)

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5. Science Fiction

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6. Exponential growth

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7. The transhuman condition

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8. Time travel
and/or
the ‘Grandfather Paradox’

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9. Deep Blue

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10. Technological singularity

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