TODAY: BUSINESS FUTURES | 14 ANALYSIS Technology is also empowering a wide range of people to act on their disaffection, challenging the state in three new ways. First, social media connects like-minded people, facilitating cyber-activism within and across countries—with the worrisome result that incorrect information can spread quickly among like-minded people, and be difficult to challenge. Second, cyberspace opens new opportunities for cross- border criminal enterprise, such as phishing; according to ThreatMetrix, the third quarter of 2017 continued to see a significant increase in cyber 6 attacks from emerging economies. Third, emerging technologies can alter geopolitics dramatically by opening new possibilities in warfare, such as the 7 Islamic State hacking commercially available drones to drop small bombs. In the next three to five years, more friction is likely to occur between the world of technology and the geopolitical landscape, bringing in its wake threats to national security, social stability and data privacy. THTHEE W WORLDORLD OF OF REDESIGNING THE IMAGINATION THE AGE OF ““TETECHCHNONO--PPOLOLIITTIICSCS”” LIFE ECONOMY (IN)SECURITY