Introduction: Soonish: emphasis on the ish
Section 1: The universe, soonish
Cheap access to space: the final frontier is too damn expensive
Asteroid mining: rummaging through the solar system's junkyard
Section 2: Stuff, soonish
Fusion power: it powers the Sun, and that's nice, but can it run my toaster?
Programmable matter: what is all of your stuff could be any of your stuff?
Robotic construction: build me a rumpus room, metal servant!
Augmented reality: an alternative to fixing reality
Synthetic biology: kind of like Frankenstein, except the monster spends the whole book dutifully making medicine and industrial inputs
Precision medicine: everything that's wrong with you, in particular
Bioprinting: why stop at seven margaritas when you can just print a new liver?
Brain-computer interfaces: because after four billion years of evolution you still can't remember where you put your car keys
Conclusion: less soonisher, or The graveyard of lost chapters.
