Abundance : the future is better than you think / Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
Diamandis, Peter H.; Kotler, Steven, 1967-
2012
T173.8 .D536 2012 (Mapit)
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Title Abundance : the future is better than you think / Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
Author Diamandis, Peter H.
Edition 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
ISBN 9781451614213
1451614217
Publication Details New York : Free Press, 2012.
Language English
Description xi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Call Number T173.8 .D536 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 303.48/3
Summary 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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index.
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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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