A TIME
MAGAZINE
IN
THE
AS
IT
YEAR
MIGHT
2001
Honors thesis
Steven E. King
Ball State University
May 9, 1972
APPEAR
A.D.
A Few Words
This project is aimed at presenting what a TIME magazine might look like in the year 2001.
There is, however,
a good chance that magazines as we know them i.n 1972 will
not exist in 2001, as computer print-outs will replace the
magazine and newspaper in information dissemination.
At any
rate, the contents in the 2001 issue are the result of a
great deal of research and some personal opinion predicting.
The point could be made that it is easy to predict the
future.
After all, any research on the opinions of the ex-
pert futurists will reveal many contradictionB, which in
turn lends safety to any amateur's predictions.
Though.
predictions can be challenged, they can rarely, if ever,
be proven wrong.
Only time can do that.
But there are many problems in forecasting the future.
Straight-line extrapolation is dangerous and an unrealistic
method of forecasting.
Technology, where hard data is most
often available, is developing at a rate that defies prediction.
On the other hand, social change is vir1;ually un-
chartable.
Finally, general statements or
predi(~i tons
about
the future convey only feeble impressions of hte implications
of the advance, whereas a concrete statement
oft~~n
repels
believability and appears sensational.
So how did I do it?
With the help of Dr. Anthony O.
Edmonds of the Ball State History Department--I -t;hank him
for that.
Steven E. King
I recommend that this thesis be accepted by the
Honors program as credit for graduation with honors.
Dr. Anthony O. Edmonds
History Department
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1.
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2.
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5.
"Church in the Year 2000," Commonweal Papers, XCI (October
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SOURCES
Sources
Article
1
3
4
5
Letters
Christian Millenium
Growing Old, Staying Young
Privacy
The Unaffluent Americans
The Ultimate in Integration
Advertisment for Electric
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The Nation
Life in the B<hg City
Smokatoriums
National Past-time
Marital Infideli.ty?
Civilian Construction Corps
Traffic
Buying Desire
The Work Week
The Subcults
8,5
24,8
11,28
24
10
6,11,25
12
12
28
20
25,29
24,27
7, 20, 25,
28
28
6
Essa~
7
The World
Chart
Article
9
Modern Living
3,20
14
Medicine
The Sanctity of Life
A Time Survey
8,24,25,27
20,2,+
14
Identity Ad
24
15
Law
20,24,25,27
16
Religion
2,5,8,20
17
Science
22,23,29
19
Birth Control Ad
24
19
Milestones
imagination
20
Business
1,25
11
Politicsl Game of the Past?
1,8
14
2,10,11,
15,25
21
People
Bruce
Nix
Taylor
Graham
Walter
Fischer
personal
opinion
28
1,25
5,8
24,27
imagination
22
Computer-Television Ad
6,8,9,10,
19,20
2)
Communication
10,20,28
25
Transportation
6
26
Edacation
9,18,20,21
27
Recreation
20,28
29
MQ.Qn Sweepstakes Ad
6,25