About the Cover:
Mariculture and sea-farming system, part of
engineer Jacque Fresco's Venus Project. See Visions essay, page 33. And for more on
utilizing the ocean's resources, see the article on page 38. Photograph courtesy of The Venus Project. Inset:
Fireman at "Ground zero." See essays responding to September 11, beginning on
page 16. Photograph by Andrea Booher, Federal Emergency Management Administration.