Author, educator and futurist Duane Elgin looks at the human species and asks, What is our collective level of maturity? Toddler? Teenager? Adult? Elder? Find out what most people on the planet think is the answer.

Duane Elgin is a noted futurist, author, speaker, educator, consultant and media activist. His works include "Promise Ahead: A Vision of Hope and Action for Humanity's Future" (HarperCollins), "Awakening Earth" (William Morrow), and "Voluntary Simplicity" (HarperCollins). He is the co-author, with Joseph Campbell and others, of "Changing Images of Man" (Pergamon), and the primary author of report, "Global Consciousness Change: Indicators of an Emerging Paradigm."

Duane served as a senior staff member of the Presidential Commission on the American Future and as a senior social scientist with SRI International where he co-authored numerous studies on the long-range future for clients such as the National Science Foundation and the President's Science Advisor. He has co-founded three non-profit organization concerned with media accountability and citizen empowerment. Duane holds an M.B.A. from the Wharton School, an M.A. in economic history from the University of Pennsylvania, and an honorary Ph.D. for work in "ecological and spiritual transformation" from the California Institute of Integral Studies, San Francisco, CA.