Machine generated contents note: pt. 1 THE FUNDAMENTALS -- 1.A toolkit for predicting the future / Tom Standage -- 2.Physical foundations of future technology / Frank Wilczek -- 3.Biotechnology's possibilities / Robert Carlson -- 4.Beyond Moore's law / Tim Cross -- 5.Tech generations: the past as prologue / Ann Winblad -- 6.The great innovation debate / Ryan Avent -- pt. 2 MEGATECH BY SECTOR -- 7.Farming tomorrow / Geoffrey Carr -- 8.Health care meets patient power / Gianrico Farrugia -- 9.Energy technology: the rise of the renewables / Anne Schukat -- 10.Manufacturing's new materials / Paul Markillie -- 11.Military technology: wizardry and asymmetry / Benjamin Sutherland -- 12.Personal technology gets truly personal / Leo Mirani -- pt. 3 MEGATECH AND SOCIETY -- 13.The ethics of artificial intelligence / Luciano Floridi -- 14.The data-driven world / Kenneth Cukier -- 15.Imagine all the empowered people / Melinda Gates -- 16.Megatech versus mega-inequality / Adrian Wooldridge -- Note continued: 17.Work and the rise of the machines / Lynda Gratton -- 18.Visiting hours: a short story / Alastair Reynolds -- 19.Ma Ganga: a short story / Nancy Kress -- 20.Concluding reflections: lessons from the Industrial Revolution / Oliver Morton.