A new book about the future. George Friedman’s “The Next 100 Years: A Forecast for the 21st Century”
Here are two videos of the author talking about his predictions he has writen about in his book. He starts talking about space and space solar power at 4:30 in part 1 until about 6:00.
Next 100 Years – STRATFOR – George Friedman – Part 1
Next 100 Years – STRATFOR – George Friedman – Part 2
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