vol. 185, no. 21 | 2015

A robot designed in the shape of a human at the Florida Institute for Human
and Machine Cognition in Pensacola, Fla. Photograph by Marco Grob for Time

4 Conversation

BRIEFING

5 Verbatim

6 LightBox
Seeking refuge in
Indonesia

8 World
Storm brewing in the
South China Sea; the
countries where gay
marriage may be legal
next; the U.S. calls
foul on FIFA

11 Spotlight
Meet John Malone,
cable mogul on a roll

12 Economy
Martin Feldstein on
the risks in the short
term (interest rates)
and long term (debt)

14 Milestones
Farewell to
mathematician
John Nash and actor
Anne Meara

FEATURES

15 Next Generation Leaders
In the third part of this series, six inspiring
innovators are driving real change

24 Still Far From Human
Robots may enter our world, if they can
learn to turn a doorknob by Lev Grossman

30 The Border Within
Kilometers from Mexico, undocumented
immigrants
are dying by the dozens
by Alex Altman; photographs by Kirsten Luce

COMMENTARY

38 Viewpoint
Matt McAllester on
education in the
Middle East

THE CULTURE

40 Movies
It’s a bro’s life on
the party that is the
Entourage movie set

44 Appreciation
Remembering
photographer Mary
Ellen Mark

45 Books
Fantasy team:
C.S. Lewis and J.R.R.
Tolkien’s circle

46 Sports
American Pharoah
faces the Belmont
Stakes

48 Pop Chart
Get ready for Shania
Twain’s last time live

50 The Amateur
Corporate America
is ditching hierarchy.
Can Kristin van
Ogtrop’s family?

52 10 Questions
Parenting guru
Penelope Leach

on the cover:
Photograph by Marco
Grob for Time