G.C. Perlin: The problems of preserving democracy in a society in which decisions require increasingly specialized knowledge, and the maintenance of the principle that citizens ought to be able to participate in making decisions that affect them.
R.H. Clark: The content and conclusions of the two reports are contrasted and criticized. The factors affecting world stability are considered as an introduction to the succeeding lectures on the subject.
C.H. Simmonds: Much of the apprehension concerning the future stems from a philosophy which belongs to the past. If we change our perspective our problems change and begin to become more, not less, manageable.
E. Waddell: The population growth in the underdeveloped nations may not be the most critical factor in the food supply problem. Their solution may lie in the accumulated experience of their peasantry and traditions.