"“The biggest challenges and opportunities facing planet Earth are too big to ignore. Jorisch provides global citizens with front-row seats to peer into the future, offering a hopeful glimpse of all that potentially lies ahead.” —Henk Ovink, Special Envoy for International Water Affairs, Kingdom of The Netherlands and Sherpa to the United Nations High Level Panel on Water “People forget that the only real border that matters is the thin blue line of our atmosphere. The riveting stories in Next show readers what the future of humanity might look like – coming very soon.” —Nicole Stott, retired NASA astronaut “The future is already here. Next shows that perhaps for the first time in history, humanity can now exert nearly complete control over what happens to our species and our planet.” —Tshaka Cunningham, CSO and Founder, TruGenomix Inc.; Executive Director, Faith Based Genetics Research Institute "In the coming decades, planet Earth will undergo the unimaginable equivalent of twenty thousand years of progress. Next demonstrates brilliantly how we are in a position to fundamentally shape our destiny by leveraging exponential technologies to achieve our most sublime hopes." Meir Brand CEO, Google Middle East "Next brilliantly illuminates the inventors and accelerating convergence of innovative technologies reshaping almost every aspect of our lives, and their implications and potential to cure the sick, feed the hungry, eradicate poverty, and heal the planet." Daniel Kraft, MD Chair for Medicine and Neuroscience, Singularity University; founder and Chair, Exponential Medicine "The fascinating stories featured in Next show what the future of humanity on Earth – and maybe even other planets – might look like in the near future. The book will also give readers tremendous hope for their lives and for our future as a species." Toomas Hendrik Ilves former President of Estonia "Next is a must-read book featuring game-changing innovations that are having an outsized impact on human history and are poised to transform our species from a society of takers to a society of givers." Martin Eberhard" co-founder and former CEO, Tesla Motors "The future is already here. Next shows that perhaps for the first time in history, humanity can now exert nearly complete control of what happens to our species and our planet." Tshaka Cunningham CSO, Polaris Genomics; Executive Director, Faith Based Genetics Research Institute "People forget that the only real border that matters is the thin blue line of our atmosphere. The riveting stories in Next show readers what the future of humanity, protected by that thin blue line, might look like – coming very soon." Nicole Stott retired NASA astronaut; artist; author "The biggest climate and development challenges are too big to ignore. Jorisch offers a hopeful glimpse into the inspiring minds behind the innovations that embody our better future." Henk Ovink Special Envoy for International Water A!airs, Kingdom of the Netherlands; Sherpa to the United Nations High Level Panel on Water" "Avi Jorisch has demonstrated once again that he is one of the most incisive and far-sighted thinkers on our planet, offering us not just a glimpse into what’s next over the horizon but a lodestar to where we should be going to ensure a better future for us all." - Afshin Molavi" Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies " "Next offers a thought-provoking narrative: in the coming decades, the world will change to such a degree that today’s science fiction is tomorrow’s science." Rodolphe Barrangou Distinguished Professor, CRISPR Lab Lead, North Carolina State University "Next compellingly builds upon the case for a sustainable existence for our species both on and off planet through pioneering innovation, thrillingly captured in this storied chronicle." Yvonne Cagle MD, PhD, Aerospace Mission Specialist Avi Jorisch is a Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council and bestselling author of Thou Shalt Innovate: How Israeli Ingenuity Repairs the World, which has been translated into over thirty languages. He holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Binghamton University and a master’s degree in Islamic history from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He also studied Arabic and Islamic philosophy at the American University in Cairo and al-Azhar University. He has lectured around the world, and his articles have appeared in influential outlets including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Foreign Affairs, Forbes, and Al-Arabiya.net. He has also appeared on CNN, CSPAN, Fox News, and MSNBC. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Young Presidents’ Organization.