Table of Contents
Introduction 7
How Predictions Can Change the Future Ed Finn / Slate 24
Welcome to Pleistocene Park Ross Andersen / The Atlantic 32
The Eaten World Nitin K. Ahujo / The New Inquiry 58
A Forest of Furniture is Growing in England Sarah Laskow / Atlas Obscura 66
"London Bridge Is Down": The Secret Plan for the Days after the Queen's Death Sam Knight / The Guardian 78
This is What a 21st-Century Police State Really Looks Like Megha Rajagopalan / Buzzfeed 102
How a Tax Haven is Leading the Race to Privatize Space Atossa Araxio Abrahamian / The Guardian 118
What Will Kill Neoliberalism: A Roundtable on its Fate Joelle Gamble Paul Mason Bryce Covert William Parity Jr. Peter Barnes / The Nation 136
Magic Bullets Patrick Blanchfield / Logic 150
Civic Memory, Feminist Future Lidia Yuknovitch / Electric Literature 162
Science Fiction, Ancient Futures, and the Liberated Archive Walidah Imarisha 176
On Liking Women Andrea Long Chu / N+1 186
The Future In Motion: Why I Judge High School Debate Tournaments Bryan Washington / Catapult 206
Someone to Watch Over Me: What Happens When We Let Tech Care for Our Aging Parents Lauren Smiley / Wired 214
Basic Income in a Just Society Brishen Rogers / Boston Review 230
The Future of Remembering Rachel Riederer / Vice 246
Becoming-Infrastructural Ross Exo Adams / E-Flux 262
Breaking the Waves Olivia Rosane / Real Life 274
Why Hope is Dangerous When it Comes to Climate Change Tommy Lynch / Slate 284
Estonia, the Digital Republic Nathan Heller / The New Yorker 292
The Comparative Method: A Novella Gretchen Bakke / Bloomsbury 314