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Abundance : the future is better than you think

Diamandis, Peter H. (Author). Kotler, Steven, 1967- (author.).

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.

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ISBN: 9781451616835 (pbk.)
ISBN: 145161683X (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
xiii, 412 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: Free Press paperback edition.
Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2014.

Content descriptions

General Note:	"New evidence for abundance"--Cover. First published: 2012. "Introduction updated for the 2014 edition"--Page [ix].
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Our grandest challenge -- Building the pyramid -- Seeing the forest through the trees -- It's not as bad as you think -- Ray Kurzweil and the go-fast button -- The singularity is nearer -- The tools of cooperation -- Water -- Feeding nine billion -- The DIY innovator -- The technophilanthropists -- The rising billion -- Energy -- Education -- Health care -- Freedom -- Driving innovation and breakthroughs -- Risk and failure -- Which way next? -- Afterwood: next steps: how to take action -- New evidence for abundance -- Reference section raw date -- Appendix: dangers of the exponentials.