Abstract
Second Thoughts is an attempt to stimulate the collective memory of futures studies (FS) and to enable us to reflect on the meaning of quality in relation to earlier work. Have standards improved? If so, in what ways? What earlier ideas succeeded or failed? Which writings have stood the test of time? What important areas remain to be tackled? This feature appears several times a year, depending on the number and quality of contributions received. The editors welcome short, constructively critical articles between 800 and 1500 words on any topic, idea, book or person which has contributed to the development of FS as we understand it today. Articles about little-known pioneers are as welcome as those about well-known names. The series continues with three views of the impact of Bertrand de Jouvenel's thinking on the study of the future.
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