Brian David Johnson has made the future his business.  From 2009 to 2016, Johnson was Intel Corporation's first-ever futurist.  Currently, he is a professor at Arizona State University's Global Futures Laboratory and the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.  He also works in a private practice with a broad range of groups, including governments, militaries, corporations, nonprofits and start-ups, to help them envision their future. Johnson holds over 40 patents and is the best-selling author of both science fiction and fact books (A Threatcasting Textbook [Morgan and Claypool], The Future You [Harper], WaR: Wizards and Robots [Penguin], and 21st Century Robot [Make]).