Today, someone sent me a link to a seminar by two leading futurists.  The web page for this seminar states its basic large vision about global transition, and lists a series of questions.

http://www.arlinst.org/pages/JPBECK.html

From my point of view -- these questions can be answered through the HUM project.  I propose to begin exploring that.

Here are a couple of screen shots from that web site, listing the questions.