Example -- driving forces
of change:
development of the South;
loss of marine biodiversity;
trade protectionism;
decreasing water supplies;
public confidence in science;
religious/philosophical conflicts;
nano-bio-tech convergence.
Choose two most important to you,
whose outcomes are most uncertain;
drawn axes showing the extremes of their possible outcomes.
South flourishes
South crashes
”Science
saves”
”Science
stumbles”
broker of national,
”natural” gene stocks
”steward” of national,
”natural” gene stocks
partner in engineering
new exotics from local
plant stocks
supplier of high-yield
engineered seeds
for famine relief
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