2015 PEN World Voices Festival Opening Night: The Future is Now (full video)

For this flagship opening night event, leading writers from around the globe present their worst- and best-case scenarios for where the world may be in the year 2050, offering insights they haven't yet published, and the opportunity to consider how our future is intimately tied to our present. Mona Eltahawy, Richard Flanagan, Aminatta Forna, Zanele Muholi, Lola Shoneyin, Tom Stoppard, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Binyavanga Wainaina, Jackie Wang, Fedor Alexandrovich, Wangechi Mutu, Colm Toibin, Suzanne Nossel