In 1970, futurists Alvin and Heidi Toffler were thrust upon the world stage by the publication of their sensational bestseller, Future Shock—the title describing a condition whose characteristic “shattering stress and disorientation” would inevitably be brought about by “too much change in too short a period of time.”

Whether the Tofflers’ warnings about the acceleration of technological and social change have proved prophetic or apocryphal, their insights were—and continue to be—potent catalysts for contemplating our probable, possible, and preferred visions of the future. Indeed, in the end, we will realize either the world we fear to imagine or the world we dare to dream.

Dare, then, to journey into all these potential futures, guided by the extraordinary insights of the world’s foremost thought leaders who in these pages collectively chart the course to an abundant future for all.