Understanding Our Moment In History.

VAN Dusen Wishard, William; SPEECH; WORLD Trends Research (Company); MAY, Rollo, 1909-1994; STEVENSON, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965; DRUCKER, Peter F. (Peter Ferdinand), 1909-2005; GLOBALIZATION; TECHNOLOGICAL innovations

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Presents the speech of William Van Dusen Wishard, president of World Trends Research, delivered to the Kendal Forum on November 11, 2002 in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. Three trends at the heart of the transformation suggested by three Americans: Rollo May, Adlai Stevenson and Peter Drucker; Belief that the U.S. is confronted with a crisis of identity and worldview; Globalization and how it is changing the world; Influence of technological advances.