ISBN:
9781451614213
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9781451695762
Language:
English
Pages:
XI, 386 Seiten
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
Edition:
export ed.
DDC:
303.48/3
Keywords:
Technological innovations Forecasting
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Technological forecasting
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Technology Social aspects
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Social prediction
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Economic forecasting
Abstract:
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
Description / Table of Contents:
Pt. 1: Perspective. Our grandest challengeBuilding 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?
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