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The following scenarios are qualitatively distinct archetypes of futures perspectives for industrial societies in a global context. These various scenarios can be combined to form further possible alternative futures; 21 such futures are described in Table 1, while Table 2 provides a synopsis of the seven scenarios described below.
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Lutz, R. (1989). Twenty-one Possible Futures. In: Health Promotion in the Working World. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-74283-5_34
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