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.