Table of Contents
Missed Warnings
Chapter 1 Cassandra: From Myth to Reality 1
Chapter 2 The Spook: Invasion of Kuwait 19
Chapter 3 The Rebuilder: Hurricane Katrina 39
Chapter 4 The Arabist: The Rise of ISIS 57
Chapter 5 The Seismologist: Fukushima Nuclear Disaster 75
Chapter 8 The Accountant: Madoff's Ponzi Scheme 99
Chapter 7 The Inspector: Mine Disaster 121
Chapter 8 The Market Analyst: The 2008 Recession 143
Chapter 9 The Cassandra Coefficient 167
Current Warnings
Chapter 10 The Computer Scientist. Artificial Intelligence 199
Chapter 11 The journalist: Pandemic Disease 217
Chapter 12 The Climate Scientist: Sea-Level Rise 237
Chapter 13 The Weatherman: Nuclear Ice Age 261
Chapter 14 The Engineer: The Internet of Everything 283
Chapter 15 The Planetary Defender: Meteor Strike 301
Chapter 16 The Biologist: Gene Editing 325
Chapter 17 Can You Hear Her Now? 351
Acknowledgments 369
Notes 371
Index 391