Section One - Theories for Complex Systems. - The Systemic View of the World: The ? Logo of General Systems Research. - Systems Science Fundamental Principles. - A Cosmological Imperative: Emergence of Information Complexity and Life. - The Co-Creation Hypothesis. - What is Infodynamics?. - Section Two - Emerging Foci on Systems Research and Practice. - The History on Sociocybernetics RC51 of the International Sociological Association. - Systems Practice at the United Kingdom's Open University. - The WOSC and some Views about Cybernetics. - Presentation of Wiener Gold Medal to Dr. Candace Pert. - Section Three - Human Systems in the 21st Century. - On Misdirected Systems. - The Complexity of Performance and the Instruments of Mastery. - Understanding Imperfection. - Engaging with Transient Complexity in Development Projects. - Meaning Networks and Verbal Communication: A Semiotic Perspective of Human Discourse. - Can Religion be Reconciled with Science?. - Section Four - The Challenge of Sustainability. - The Bridge to Humanity's Future. - Energy Hierarchy and Money. - Capitalism in the New Millennium: The Challenge of Sustainability. - Section Five - The Art and Science of Forecasting in the Age of Global Warming. - Technological Forecasting and Assessment Tools: The Changing Scene. - Forecasting the Innovation of Complex Technologies. - Making Technology Foresight (and Systems Studies?) Useful. - Section Six - Y2K. - Why the Century Date Change Occurred So Smoothly. - Implications for the Security of the International Information Infrastructure. - Y2K - Ten Months After: Two Double Binds and a Double Blindness. - Section Seven - The Future of Systems Science. - The Future of the Natural Systems Sciences. - Systems Thinking and the Social Sciences. - Systems Thinking forthe 21st Century. - OR 2000: Challenges and Prescriptions for the New Millennium. - Section Eight - ISSS Presidential Addresses. - The Systems Movement and ISSS in the New Millennium. - The Systems Sciences in the Year 3000. - Continuing the Traditions of ISSS - Systems Science in the Service of Humanity. Language: English