This is the year of makers, fixers and the ambitious, says Andrew Tuck.

What lies ahead? It’s tempting when compiling a magazine that looks over the horizon to only focus on the fantastical. But to do so misses trends and developments that are already under way and that are set to shape lives in equally meaningful ways. That’s why in this outing of The Forecast, we have matched the big vision, macro-trend predictions, with some close-up, deep dives into stories and ideas that are often under-reported.

Take Stella Roos’s story on prosthetics. When people lose a limb, or are born with without one, the consequences can…