FrontMatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgment of Reviewers -- Contents -- Acronyms and Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Summary -- 1 Need for Persistent Long-Term Forecasting of Disruptive Technologies -- 2 Existing Technology Forecasting Methodologies -- 3 The Nature of Disruptive Technologies -- 4 Reducing Forecasting Ignorance and Bias -- 5 Ideal Attributes of a Disruptive Technology Forecasting System -- 6 Evaluating Existing Persistent Forecasting Systems -- 7 Conclusion -- Appendixes -- Appendix A: Biographical Sketches of Committee Members -- Appendix B: Meetings and Speakers.