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050 00 $aT173.8$b.D536 2012
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100 1 $aDiamandis, Peter H.
245 10 $aAbundance :$bthe future is better than you think /$cPeter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
250 $a1st Free Press hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bFree Press,$c2012.
300 $axi, 386 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
520 $aThe 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.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index.
505 0 $aPt. 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?
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$xForecasting.
650 0 $aTechnological forecasting.
650 0 $aTechnology$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aSocial prediction.
650 0 $aEconomic forecasting.
700 1 $aKotler, Steven,$d1967-
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