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Title:
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Abundance : the future is better than you think
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Authors:
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Peter H. Diamandis, Author ;
Steven Kotler, Author
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Material Type:
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book
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Edition statement:
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1st Free Press hardcover ed.
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Publisher:
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New York : Free Press, 2012
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-4516-1421-3
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Size:
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xi, 386 p. / ill., maps / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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T173.8
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Subjects:
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Technological innovations--Forecasting
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Technology--Social aspects
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Description:
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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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Contents note:
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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?
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