• Acknowledgments xv
• Preface xix

Chapter 1: History Unleashed

• Five Centuries of History Coming Undone 2
• Gobbledygook and the Gorilla 7
• Mental Maps and Paradoxical Certainties 8
• Making Sense of a Transformative Era 13

Section 1: What’s Happening?: Predicting the Present

Chapter 2: Clarity and Craziness

• Clarity 21
• Craziness 35

Chapter 3: Secular and Sacred

• Secular 45
• Sacred 53

Chapter 4: Power and Vulnerability

• Power 65
• Vulnerability 7

Chapter 5: Technology Acceleration and Pushback

• Technology Acceleration 85
• Pushback 96

Chapter 6: Intangible and Physical Economies

• Intangible 105
• Physical 119

Chapter 7: Prosperity and Decline

• Prosperity 131
• Decline 143

Chapter 8: People and Planet

• People 153
• Planet 171

Section 2: What If?: Changing for the Challenges Ahead

Chapter 9: Governance

• An Emerging Global Governance 191
• Local Innovations in Governance 196
• A Rising “Second Superpower” 199

Chapter 10: Innovation

• Innovating for “The Base of the Pyramid” 201
• Sustainable Solutions 207
• Education and Learning 211

Section 3: What’s Next?: Scenarios for the Next Decade

Chapter 11: Three Snapshots of the Future

• New American Century 229
• Patchwork Powers 233
• Emergence 237

Section 4: So What?: Acting in an Era of Transformation

Chapter 12: Creating Our New Future

• The New Realities for Business 247
• Endnotes 265

Afterword

• Using This Book in Your Life and Work 295