In cooperation with The Foundation For the Future, The Millennium Project o
f the American Council for the United Nations University has collected and
rated factors that may influence the long-term (1000 years) future of human
ity via the "Millennium 3000 Panel" of 100 advanced thinkers around the wor
ld. Their judgements have been organized into six first draft scenario sket
ches, of which three are presented in this paper. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science
Ltd. All rights reserved.