If China made the rulesXi’s world order: July 2024As America defies and dismantles the international rules-based order, a report from the future imagines what might replace itJul 5
If every child went to schoolUniversal lessonsTheir lives would be better, even if they did not learn very muchJul 5
If Europe’s divides deepenedBreaking point: December 2020After the euro crisis and Brexit, Poland and Italy could open up new fissures within the EU. A report from 2020 imagines howJul 5
If 50% of CEOs were womenGeneration XX: January 2069How the business world finally reached a milestone—and what had to change along the wayJul 2
If companies had no employeesRun, TaskRabbit, run: July 2030Driven by technological and legal changes, how far can the “gig economy” go?Jul 5
If people were paid for their dataData workers of the world, uniteAdvocates of “data as labour” think users should be paid for using online servicesJul 5
If drones ruled the wavesAvast, me heartiesHow aquatic, autonomous robots could reduce lawlessness at seaJul 5
If there was no MoonEmpty sky, empty Earth?Whether complex life would still have arisen on Earth in the absence of the Moon is the subject of much debateJul 5
If new foodstuffs became popularInsects, algae or artificial meat?Examine the foodstuffs that might sustain mankind in 2050, right on your kitchen tableJul 5
If AI made actors immortalPerformance anxietyOnce filmmakers have no need of human actors, expect more sequels, more lawsuits—and fewer opportunities for newcomersJul 5
If Martin Luther King had not been assassinatedA different dreamFifty years on, how might things have been different?Jul 5
If people had no hair on their headsHair today, gone tomorrow?Our cartoonist, KAL, considers a truly hair-raising scenarioJul 5