Lots of people of all ages have great ideas that they never act on. Often it's a matter of believing in our own damn ideas enough to see them through. That's why calling someone a 'visionary' helps make it a self-fulfilling prophecy. I wonder what would happen if every young person got the encouragement that the young people profiled in the following pages have received. Imagine what a generation of visionaries that would create!

The truth is that most visionaries of any age will never be acknowledged in any public way. And yet, if we as a species are going to make it through the next century, we need all the visionaries we can get-whether they get the recognition or not.

Calling all young visionaries: We have a world to save-from nuclear war, unchecked capitalism, genetic engineering, environmental destruction, and fascism in its many forms. No one has figured out how to do it yet.

Obviously, there's no one way to save the world. There are billions of ways, and we need every single one of them. Most of them haven't been dreamed up yet. We made it through the 20th century by the skin of our teeth. There should be postings in all the classifieds:

Job Opening: Young visionaries needed immediately in every field at all locations throughout world. Rewarding work; flexible thinking; no previous experience necessary. Get in on the ground floor of this growing, high-potential field. Apply in person at a problem near you.