We are living in a multi‐level reality that is reflected within ourselves. On the one side, we are part of families, clans and tribes; of communities, nations, humanity; of ecosystems, professions and peer groups, institutions, civilizations and cultures. On the other side, we incorporate...

Long range forecasting for social systems deals with complex feedback interactions between all sectors and elements of such systems, and thus inherently implies facing the challenge of the systems approach. The latter may be characterised as an attempt to understand the self-organizing behaviour...