How Do Think Tanks Decide What to Think About?
Often we read in a news article that certain Think Tank recommends that things be done a certain way. Yet one has to wonder why a think tank decides to research, study or set up a committee to explore a certain topic in the first place. So, how does a Think Tank decide what to think on anyway?
Well some think tanks are politically motivated, some are offshoots of Industry Associations and others are involved with academia. Still other Think Tanks are merely brains for hire and they receive money to prepare studies and research reports for Corporations, Governments, Non-Profit Groups or Pure Research Organizations.
As the Online Think Tank coordinator, it has been my privilege to sit down with some brilliant creative geniuses and scour the list of challenges of our day to come up with topics and subjects which both fit our membership's expertise and knowledge and are interesting. Without fun topics amongst the challenges it is hard to have fun. Thinking must be fun.
Take a look at the current projects that the Online Think Tank is working on now and you can see both fun and serious work that is being done. I would advise other Think Tanks to consider such a policy when coming up with their current slated projects;
Current Projects in Progress;
- Artificial Intelligence -Futurist Report
- Skateboards and Hover Boards of the Future
- The Blurring of Real World with Virtual Reality
- Universal Space Colony Franchise System Concept
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicles of the Future - Road Map
- Review of Current Sci-Fi, New Technologies and Future
- US Healthcare Streamlining and Cost Reduction Research
- Desalination Plant Recommendations for Southern California
- CO2 Atmospheric Removal via Aerostat Terminal Gradient Clouds
- Genius Search Project - Plan to Locate Creative Geniuses of Our Time
- Bolivia - Economic Development, Coca, Amerindians, Geo-Politics and Aid
- 2007 Atlantic Tropical Hurricane Season Disaster Mitigation and Weather Control
Of course we are always adding topics thanks to member input and observations from outside sources, news and other research facilities. And I hope this answers the question; "How Do Think Tanks Decide What to Think About?" Well that's how we do it, I am sure other Think Tanks do it slightly differently.
L. Winslow is a Climate and Economic Advisor to the Online Think Tank, a Futurist and retired entreprenuer. Currently he is planning a bicycle ride across the US to raise money for charity and is sponsored by http://www.Calling-Plans.com and all the proceeds will go to various charities who sign up.
