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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

Door Peter H. Diamandis e.a.

Categorie
Politiek & Staatsinrichting
Boeknummer
#432489-XJ32
Titel
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think
Auteur
Diamandis, Peter H. & Steven Kotler
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London : Simon and Schuster
Jaar van uitgave
2012
ISBN10
1451614217
ISBN13
9781451614213
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Original half cloth, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, small maps, figures/tables, 8vo.
Samenvatting
Providing abundance is humanity's grandest challenge--this is a book about how we rise to meet it. Abundance for all is within mankind's grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces the near-term future.
We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man, woman and child on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp. This bold, contrarian view, backed up by exhaustive research, introduces our near-term future, where exponentially growing technologies and three other powerful forces are conspiring to better the lives of billions. An antidote to pessimism by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist, Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler.
Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived in stark co... (Lees verder)ntrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing? fast. 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.
Examining human need by category? water, food, energy, healthcare, education, freedom? Diamandis and Kotler introduce dozens of innovators making great strides in each area: Larry Page, Steven Hawking, Dean Kamen, Daniel Kahneman, Elon Musk, Bill Joy, Stewart Brand, Jeff Skoll, Ray Kurzweil, Ratan Tata, Craig Venter, among many, many others.
Pagina's
386
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 9,00

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