近若干年来,世界已经历了惊人的变化: ·经济实力(而不是军事威力)正迅速地转变为确保国家未来的安全和国民健康的原动力; ·技术的进步正在加速进行,大大超过了决策者对技术进步效果价值认识的步伐; ·全球增温和气候变化的潜在威胁已成为那些确定国家科研日程的人们的主导思想; ·绝大多数的公共教育体系正迅速地丧失对准备改变新世界秩序的儿童的竞争力; The world has experienced an astounding change in recent years: • Economic power (rather than military power) is rapidly being transformed into the driving force behind the country’s future security and national health. • Technological advances are accelerating, far beyond the reach of policymakers • The potential threat to global warming and climate change has become the dominant ideology of those who identify national research agenda • The vast majority of public education systems are rapidly losing their ability to prepare to change the New World Order Children’s competitiveness