In this issue, you’ll learn why the disparity between the rich and everyone else is larger than ever in the United States and increasing in much of Europe. You’ll hear whether an aging corporation’s adventures in fundamental physics can open an era of unimaginably powerful computers. You’ll learn how China will dominate the future of genetically modified food—despite the resistance of its population. And you’ll hear how letting go of an obsession with net neutrality could free technologists to make online services even better.