Excerpts: “Is there a place for our past in our future?” (Christine Finn, p. 84).

“If we’re not the agents of ourselves (and it’s hard to see how we can be), how can we make sense of moral accountability (and how can we live coherently without it?” (Rebecca Newberger Goldstein, p. 101).

“How can AI and other digital technologies help us create global institutions that we can trust” (Tim O’Reilly, p. 213).

“Must we suffer and die?” (David C. Queller, p. 233).

“How can aims of individual liberty and economic efficiency be reconciled with aims of social justice and environmental sustainability” (Phil Rosenzweig, p. 249).

Brockman, John (ed.) (2019). The Last Unknowns. New York: HarperCollins Publishers.