{"product_id":"9781410203922","title":"Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project","description":"Mapping the Global Future: Report of the National Intelligence Council's 2020 Project is the third unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next decade and a half to influence world events. Mindful that there are many possible \"futures,\" our report offers a range of possibilities and potential discontinuities, as a way of opening our minds to developments we might otherwise miss.\u003cp\u003eAs I used to say to my students at Princeton, linear analysis will get you a much-changed caterpillar, but it won't get you a butterfly. For that you need a leap of imagination. We hope this project, and the dialogue it stimulates, will help us make that leap --not to predict the world of 2020, which is clearly beyond our capacity-- but to better prepare for the kinds of challenges that may lie ahead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e--- Robert L. Hutchings\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Press Holdings International","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49833186099440,"sku":"9781410203922","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781410203922","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}