I would like to thank my friend Stuart Pledger, who helped with the development of the idea for the book in the early stages and who also contributed to the climate change discussion and to the part on his method for collaborative problem solving, the “Collaboration Café.” Thanks also to Julian Darley and Richard Heinberg of The Post Carbon Institute in California. The e-mail questions you asked during the writing of the book generated ideas such as “the global embrace” and added to my thoughts on organizational learning in society. Peter Wennström, whom I met by chance at Schiphol airport, enthusiastically contributed ideas for the title of the book. Mikael Edholm, at the Swedish Trade Council, contributed his extensive knowledge about prediction markets.