About the book: 2018 / What awaits us in 2050? Will we have access to completely new technologies that are not yet even imaginable? Or, when you think about future technologies, do you imagine flying cars, space exploration and omnipotent artificial intelligence? The answers to all your questions about the future can be found in this book, compiled by The Economist editor Daniel Franklin from forecasts made by the world's leading scientists, Nobel laureates and writers.