Abundance : the future is better than you think / Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
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TextPublication details: New York : Free Press, 2012.Edition: First Free Press hardcover editionDescription: xiii, 412 pages : illustrations, tables, maps ; 21 cmISBN: - 9781451614213
- 9781451616835 (pbk)
- 9781451616842 (ebook)
- 23 D537a
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Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index.
Pt. 1: Perspective. Our grandest challenge -- Building the pyramid -- Seeing the forest through the trees -- It's not as bad as you think -- pt. 2: Exponential technologies. Ray Kurzweil and the go-fast button -- The singularity is nearer -- pt. 3: Building the base of the pyramid. The tools of cooperation -- Water -- Feeding nine billion -- pt. 4: The forces of abundance. The DIY innovator -- The technophilanthropists -- The rising billion -- pt. 5: Peak of the pyramid. Energy -- Education -- Health care -- Freedom -- pt. 6: Steering faster. Driving innovation and breakthroughs -- Risk and failure -- Which way next?
The authors document how four forces--exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billion--are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. "Abundance" establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.
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