Top trend for 1994

The Number One trend du jour, as spotted by professional trend-watcher GeraldCelente, director of the Trends Research Institute in Rhinebeck, New York:

o Ancient Wisdom: People are seeking new basic values "but in a remarkable new twist, these 'new' values--affecting people's world views, social and political structures, arts, key institutions--are increasingly being found in the forgotten wisdom of ancient peoples." The brand new old idea is that people have a purpose in life. "The Industrial Age is over," says Celente. "The instruction manual isn't working. People are always looking for new paradigms." People now want "something that is more satisfying than materialistic 'junk wisdom.'"