From the Book - First edition.
Introduction: Meet megatech / Daniel Franklin
A toolkit for predicting the future / Tom Standage
Physical foundations of future technology / Frank Wilczek
Biotechnology's possibilities / Robert Carlson
Beyond Moore's law / Tim Cross
Tech generations: the past as prologue / Ann Winblad
The great innovation debate / Ryan Avent
Part 2. Megatech by sector
Farming tomorrow / Geoffrey Carr
Health care meets patient power / Gianrico Farrugia
Energy technology: the rise of the renewables / Anne Schukat
Manufacturing's new materials / Paul Markillie
Military technology: wizardry and asymmetry / Benjamin Sutherland
Personal technology gets truly personal / Leo Mirani
Part 3. Megatech and society
The ethics of artificial intelligence / Luciano Floridi
The data-driven world / Kenneth Cukier
Imagine all the empowered people / Melinda Gates
Megatech versus mega-inequality / Adrian Wooldridge
Work and the rise of the machines / Lynda Gratton
Visiting hours: a short story / Alastair Reynolds
Ma Ganga: a short story / Nancy Kress
Concluding reflections: lessons from the Industrial Revolution / Oliver Morton.
