User:Hans Kalff

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The idea of nine slices of society has been started in an article of Futures, February 1984. The article was headed: A societal map for the future and Registering the evolution of society.

A frame of nine slices is drawn over society. These slices represent the following parts of society: BIO: everything human: in quantity terms: how many people live in a certain area.Qualitative : what is their average life expectancy SOCIO: what relations in your family, extending to what household, what friends, what relations POWER: what authority is in charge, usually government, what chance to influence by voting TECHNO: what added value is your group making TRADE: what is the area of expenses as consumers for e.g. food,hardware, services INFO: what information reaches you by what channel e.g. radio, television or traveling PSYCHO: what education did the group get, including lifelong learning RECREO: what activity like sports, entertainment to relax CULTU: what cultural elements play an important rule in your group

The author has written a book about this subject: Where does our world go? ISBN:141202866-3 The Netherlands is the subject, which however, can be applied to all sorts of countries, groups Working with trendladders( almost continuous yearly developments), prediction of future directions is possible, subject to updates when more history cames available