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To overcome the threats facing humanity and the planet, it is useful to harness the audacious simplicity of childlike imagination—to not limit our thinking to what seems possible and dwell on the obstacles in our way, but to instead defy the very notion of impossibility. Some problems may necessitate hard work and creative thinking, but there are solutions to be found. Large-scale issues like preventing the flooding of cities might entail the construction of giant sea gates; sucking up carbon dioxide from relics that still run on fossil fuels might require engineers and scientists to work hand in hand. If technology is used well, it will help us far more than it will hurt us. This could mean using artificial intelligence (AI) to prevent forest fires, or using the Internet of Everything (conceived of as an intelligent network of people, data, processing, and things) to empower citizen scientists. With humanity’s intelligence, collaboration, and determination, tomorrow is rich with possibilities for humankind and the natural world.