They sat around the table and talked. Some presented apocalyptic visions of the future. Others talked of utopian futures. Most were somewhere in the middle. All were focused on the task of finding concrete steps. They called on the finest minds and experts; engineers, philosophers even religious systems. The politicians wanted to be able to announce plans, accessible initiatives at the press conference.They needed to be able to announce specific actions and plans, distilled from the endless discussions and complex issues. As the conference ended, the delegates turned to The Rapporteur, put in the prompt and waited for the answer.