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050	0	0	_aT173.8 _b.D536 2012
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100	1		_aDiamandis, Peter H. _99168
245	1	0	_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.
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?
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.
650		0	_aTechnological innovations _xForecasting. _99169
650		0	_aTechnological forecasting. _99170
650		0	_aTechnology _xSocial aspects. _98394
650		0	_aSocial prediction. _99171
650		0	_aEconomic forecasting. _99172
700	1		_aKotler, Steven, _d1967- _99173
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