Masaru Emoto demonstrates in beautiful photographs that prayer and thoughts alter crystalline formations of frozen water. His work was featured in the movie, What the Bleep Do We Know!?

Integral philosopher Steve McIntosh gives some unorthodox advice to the next U.S. President on how to approach the most pressing challenges of the next four years.

What happens when the oil runs dry? Petersen explains that we already have a perfect alternative available today and envisions a future in which we freely access the latent energy within empty space itself.

From the far out to the close at hand, four futurists zoom out for a bird's eye view on the global changes we're experiencing now and can anticipate in the future—each outlining both the unprecedented challenges and mind-spinning opportunities humanity faces in the minutes and years to come