Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential

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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)

Providing abundance is humanityâ€™s grandest challengeâ€”this is a book about how we rise to meetÂ it.

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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.Â

Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closingâ€”fast.Â The authors document how four forcesâ€”exponential technologies, the DIY innovator, the Technophilanthropist, and the Rising Billionâ€”are conspiring to solve our biggest problems. Abundance establishes hard targets for change andÂ lays out a strategic roadmap for governments, industry and entrepreneurs, giving us plenty of reason for optimism.

Examining human need by categoryâ€”water,Â food,Â energy,Â healthcare, education, freedomâ€”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.Â

Country	USA
Binding	Kindle Edition
Edition	Reprint
EISBN	9781451616842
Format	Kindle eBook
Label	Free Press
Manufacturer	Free Press
NumberOfPages	402
PublicationDate	2012-02-21
Publisher	Free Press
ReleaseDate	2012-02-21
Studio	Free Press

Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think (Exponential Technology Series)

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