Why do countries fight one another? What makes leaders decide to embark on war or sign a peace treaty? What induces parents to send their children into battle? What is the main factor that contributes to victory or failure in armed warfare? Many books have been written about these and other historical riddles, in the hope of understanding, even in retrospect, how and what took place. However, few have attempted to project their implications into the future. With great courage and in language accessible to all, Prof. Passig examines the global conflicts that lie ahead in the first half of the 21st century, to identify the events that will take place in the Middle East around the year 2050.
Prof. David Passig is a futurist, lecturer and consultant who specializes in future technologies and their impact on economic, social and educational systems. He holds a Ph.D. degree in Future Studies from the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis United States. Prof. Passig is a faculty member at Bar-Ilan University in Ramat-Gan, Israel, where he teaches at the Graduate School of Education. He heads the Graduate Program in Information & Communication Technologies (ICT) and the Virtual Reality Laboratory.
Prof. Passig lectures widely on social, industrial and technological aspects of futures studies and decision-making. He has consulted for many institutes and companies in Israel and overseas, and is chair of FutureCode Ltd., which he founded. He is a member of the Israeli National Council for R&D and is active in a range of other national and international forums.
His recent bestseller books in Hebrew are The Future Code (2008), 2048 (2010) which both received the Gold Book Award and Forcognito (2012) (Yedioth Ahronoth Publishers).