Welcome to the not-so-distant future where, according to TED talk host Ernesto Sirolli, entrepreneurs will be responsible for how society looks. But wait, do they still have TED Talks in the future? Entrepreneurs are still around, unless Google has quashed them all. Is there still a Google though?

It seems these days we’re inundated by expert opinions about the future. For example, internal-combustion engines are choking the world but it’s okay because apparently artifical intelligence will solve the problem. Or nanobots. Or biofacturing. Or space tourism in electric flying saucers!

What will the future really look like? Read the issue to find out.