Introduction

Introduction

Why study futurists?

What is the nature of foresight?

How have futurists changed the world?

Part I: Pioneers

H.G. Wells

Jules Verne

Nikola Tesla

Buckminster Fuller

Arthur C. Clarke

Part II: Science and Technology

Ray Kurzweil

Michio Kaku

Eric Drexler

Aubrey de Grey

Ben Goertzel

Part III: Environment and Sustainability

Rachel Carson

James Lovelock

Lester Brown

Bill McKibben

Johan Rockström

Part IV: Social and Cultural Change

Alvin Toffler

Marshall McLuhan

Donna Haraway

Howard Rheingold

Nicholas Negroponte

Part V: Economics and Business

Peter Drucker

Clayton Christensen

Daniel Pink

Paul Hawken

Noreena Hertz

Part VI: Politics and Governance

Francis Fukuyama

Samuel Huntington

Ian Bremmer

Anne-Marie Slaughter

Parag Khanna

Part VII: Education and Learning

Seymour Papert

Sugata Mitra

Salman Khan

Cathy Davidson

Mitch Resnick

Part VIII: Art and Creativity

Brian Eno

William Gibson

Laurie Anderson

Cory Doctorow

Kevin Kelly

Part IX: Philosophy and Ethics

Yuval Noah Harari

Nick Bostrom

Max Tegmark

Daniel Dennett

Richard Dawkins

Part X: Health and Medicine

Craig Venter

Atul Gawande

Siddhartha Mukherjee

Elizabeth Holmes

Eric Topol

Part XI: Future Studies and Futurism

Herman Kahn

Jim Dator

Jay Forrester

Alvin and Heidi Toffler

Peter Schwartz

Part XII: Emerging Technologies

Elon Musk

Jeff Bezos

Mark Zuckerberg

Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Tim Berners-Lee

Part XIII: Globalization and Geopolitics

Thomas Friedman

Fareed Zakaria

Kishore Mahbubani

Martin Jacques

Robert Kaplan

Part XIV: Space and Exploration

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Elon Musk

Stephen Hawking

Richard Branson

Jeff Bezos

Part XV: Future of Work and Employment

Richard Florida

Andrew McAfee

Erik Brynjolfsson

Martin Ford

Cathy N. Davidson

Part XVI: Climate Change and Energy

Vaclav Smil

James Hansen

Bjorn Lomborg

Michael Shellenberger

Amory Lovins

Part XVII: Artificial Intelligence and Robotics

Marvin Minsky

Rodney Brooks

Demis Hassabis

Kai-Fu Lee

Joanna Bryson

Part XVIII: Human Enhancement and Transhumanism

Natasha Vita-More

James Hughes

Aubrey de Grey

Anders Sand

Part XIX: Future of Transportation

Elon Musk

Tony Seba

Mary Cummings

Raffaello D'Andrea

Martin Eberhard

Part XX: Future of Food and Agriculture

Vandana Shiva

Joel Salatin

Ron Finley

Mark Post

Dan Barber

Rob Rhinehart

Conclusion

Themes and trends in futurism

Lessons from the futurists

Future of futurism