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Summer 2015<br />
Volume 49, No. 1<br />
A magazine of forecasts, trends, and ideas<br />
about the future<br />
Six Key Areas of Investment for<br />
the Science of Cybersecurity<br />
see page 10<br />
DEPARTMENTS<br />
3 Letter from the Editor<br />
5 Letter from the CEO<br />
30 Consultants and Services<br />
ARTICLES<br />
8 Conversation with The<br />
Futurist: Gina Bianchini<br />
By Amy Zalman<br />
A wide-ranging interview with this<br />
entrepreneur, investor and futurist,<br />
currently the CEO of social networking<br />
startup Mightybell.<br />
10 Six Key Areas of Investment for<br />
the Science of Cybersecurity<br />
By Dan Geer<br />
An erudite overview of the current state<br />
of cybersecurity, and how scientific<br />
approaches toward it will help us in the<br />
near future.<br />
16 Looking Backward:<br />
Conversations with Newt Gingrich,<br />
Elaine Kamarck, Peter Schiff<br />
and Dennis Kucinich<br />
We take a look back 10 years at diverse<br />
predictions about international relations,<br />
the global economy, innovation,<br />
and more.<br />
22 Looking Forward:<br />
How Trends in Interpersonal<br />
Relationships Will Disrupt our<br />
Social and Business Traditions<br />
By Helen Fisher<br />
Transforming Society by Teaching<br />
Everyday People the Characteristics<br />
of a Modern Hero<br />
By Philip Zimbardo<br />
Two famous academics give their takes<br />
on the future of how we live as people<br />
and as societies.<br />
26 Last Word: How Science<br />
Fiction Makes Better Futurists<br />
An Interview with Science Fiction<br />
Writer Tobias Buckell<br />
By Brenda Cooper<br />
One science fiction writer interviews<br />
another about how the genre bears on<br />
professional futurists.<br />
Conversation with<br />
The Futurist:<br />
Gina Bianchini<br />
see page 8<br />
Conversations with Newt Gingrich,<br />
Elaine Kamarck, Peter Schiff<br />
and Dennis Kucinich<br />
see page 16<br />
Transforming Society<br />
by Teaching Everyday<br />
People the<br />
Characteristics of a<br />
Modern Hero<br />
see page 24<br />
Interview with Tobias Buckell<br />
see page 26<br />
COVER PHOTOGRAPH: SHUTTERSTOCK<br />
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