Jonathan Miller is more determined than ever to crack interactive media's money-making code in his new job as News Corp.'s digital chief. He's got plenty of learning experience to draw from, both as a partner at venture capital firm Fuse Capital and as the chairman and CEO of Time Warner's AOL. At this point, he's certain the answer will be a combination of paid and free advertising-supported content. We'll all know for sure in a few years.

Jeff Zucker, CEO and president of NBC Universal, has been trying to turn digital dimes into digital dollars for years. Currently he's delivering tv programs online through Hulu, transforming nbc tv stations into hyper local Web destinations, and selling tv advertising based on the Internet's automated, targeted model.

To paraphrase Mark Twain, the reports of journalism's death are greatly exaggerated. Journalism isn't going away - and neither are J-Schools. In fact, higher education is counter-cyclical; in a recession, people head to grad schools. Columbia, Stanford and NYU applications increased 38 percent, 20 percent and 6 percent, respectively, from the previous year, reports Forbes. The bigger question: where will these budding Bernsteins work?

At a time when the whole world feels like it's falling apart, who better to talk to than someone who suggested that might be the case?

Consumers may find it intrusive if not downright creepy, but marketers, under immense pressure to meet quarterly goals, depend on behavioral targeting to squeeze digital dollars out of dimes. The question is: Can it be done in such a way that is beneficial to everyone?

It's integral to human nature that we ask questions. Similarly, it's pretty much always the case that once an answer is supplied, it spawns yet more questions. It's part of the human condition.

There's an old maxim that says we always overestimate the changes we expect to see within five years and underestimate those we'll see within 20.

We discussed drivers for change over the next 5 to 10 years with Lloyd Burdett of The Futures Company -- these living rooms reflect possible outcomes

LOOKING UP: MOBILE FROM 2010-2015 Sept. 23, 2015- It's been an interesting past five years, but let's put on our AR glasses and take a look back to the not-so-distant past. The evolution in capabilities, functionality, and user behavior in mobile has been nothing short of revolutionary. It's hard to believe that just a few years ago, mobile wasn't the primary computing platform, broadband penetration was below 90 percent, and AR glasses were barely a concept, far from the hot-ticket item they are today.

Many of the designs submitted to us though CrowdSpring were throwbacks to looks or themes from past visions of the future, perhaps following the lead of our tagline for the issue: "It isn't what it used to be." Throughout this section the designers, who span the globe, explain their covers in their own words.