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100 1 _aDiamandis, Peter H.
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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.
336 _2rdacontent
_atext
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337 _2rdamedia
_aunmediated
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338 _2rdacarrier
_avolume
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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.
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?
650 0 _aTechnological innovations
_xForecasting.
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650 0 _aTechnological forecasting.
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650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
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700 1 _aKotler, Steven,
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