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Thank you for being late

an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

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An edition of Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations (2016)

Thank you for being late

an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

Large print edition.

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Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loos) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late"--We should pause to appreciate the amazing historical epoch we're passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers--

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Technology and civilization, Social aspects, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Globalization, Modern Civilization, Climatic changes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, Technological innovations, Political participation, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-12-11, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Technology, social aspects, Civilization, modern, 21st century, 71.41 social changes (sociology), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, International, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Economy, Technologie, Entwicklung, Klimaänderung, Globalisierung, Beschäftigungsentwicklung, Gemeinschaft, Innovations technologiques, Aspect social, Mondialisation, Social change, Climate change, Large type books, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2016-12-11, Technological innovations -- Social aspects, Climatic changes -- Social aspects, Civilization, Modern -- 21st century, Civilization, Modern, Time -- Sociological aspects, Time pressure, Time perception -- Social aspects, Information technology -- Social aspects

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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
2017, Penguin Books, Limited
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Oct 24, 2017, Picador
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Cover of: Thank you for being late
Thank you for being late: an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations
2017, Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
in English - Large print edition.
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
2016, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Table of Contents

Part I: Reflecting. Thank you for being late
Part II: Accelerating. What the hell happened in 2007? ; Moore's law ; The supernova ; The market ; Mother Nature
Part III: Innovating. Just too damned fast ; Turning AI into IA ; Control vs. Kaos ; Mother Nature as political mentor ; Is God in cyberspace? ; Always looking for Minnesota ; You can go home again (and you should!)
Part IV: Anchoring. From Minnesota to the world and back.

Edition Notes

Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2016].

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Thorndike Press large print core, Thorndike Press large print core series
Other Titles
Optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations
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2016

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303.48/3
Library of Congress
HM846 .F739 2017

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821 pages (large print)
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821

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1410496856
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9781410496850
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2016048501
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1001867401, 961801790

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