03015nam a22004694a 4500 28946 BD-DhAAL 20150307152221.0 150307s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng 2011039926 9781451695762 9781451616842 (ebook) 9781451614213 (hc) 1451614217 (hc0 (OCoLC)ocn741542469 DLC eng DLC YDX BTCTA YDXCP BDX MOF OKN UPZ CDX MNW ZJI WSB DLC BD-DhAAL pcc T173.8 .D536 2012 303.48/3 23 Diamandis, Peter H. 9168 Abundance : the future is better than you think / Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. 1st Free Press hardcover ed. New York : Free Press, 2012. xi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index. 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? 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. 28946 Technological innovations Forecasting. 9169 Technological forecasting. 9170 Technology Social aspects. 8394 Social prediction. 9171 Economic forecasting. 9172 Kotler, Steven, 1967- 9173 Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1202/2011039926-d.html Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1202/2011039926-b.html Sample text http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1205/2011039926-s.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1202/2011039926-d.html Contributor biographical information http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1202/2011039926-b.html ddc BK 33917 33917 0 0 ddc 0 303_483000000000000_DIA 0 52939 BRACUL BRACUL GEN 2015-03-07 Karim International 1440.00 1 303.483 DIA 3010028946 2019-03-14 2019-03-06 1 2015-03-07 BK