Perspective: Peccei on the future: Club of Rome president Aurelio Peccei, in an exclusive interview, gives his views and prognoses for humankind´s future

In April, Spectrum had the privilege of attending the international conference of the “elite 100”^∗ members of the Club of Rome (CoR) — in Philadelphia. CoR´s membership reads like a global Who´s Who: It consists of scholars, scientists, technologists, economists, and leaders of industry from countries throughout the world. In fact, the three-day meeting seemed like a “mathematical model” of a plenary session of the United Nations.