John Naisbitt
Megatrends - Ten New Directions Transforming Our Lives
Warner Books (Paperback), 1982, 1984.

In this book, John Naisbitt presents a new way of looking at America's future and a new way of understanding the jumble of the present. It shows you the coming decade as a period of great changes and transitions in which America will shift from industrial production to providing service and information. From it you can learn where you should live and how you should target your energies. Megatrends is a primer for the eighties that outlines where our sophisticated technology is taking us, how we will be governed and how our social structures will change. It is a must read for everyone who cares about tomorrow.

Introduction
01 Industrial society -> information society
02 Forced technology -> high tech / high touch
03 National economy -> world economy
04 Short term -> long term
05 Centralization -> decentralization
06 Institutional help -> self-help
07 Representative democracy -> participatory democracy
08 Hierarchies -> networking
09 North -> south
10 Either / or -> Multiple options
Conclusion
Notes
Index