Abundance : The Future Is Better Than You Think
ISBN: 9781451614213 | 1451614217
Format: HardcoverPublisher: Free Press
Pub. Date: 2/21/2012
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Providing abundance is humanity’s grandest challengethis is a book about how we rise to meet it. 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 awa... MORE
| A Note from the Authors | p. ix |
| Perspective | |
| Our Grandest Challenge | p. 3 |
| Building the Pyramid | p. 12 |
| Seeing the Forest Through the Trees | p. 27 |
| It's Not as Bad as You Think | p. 38 |
| Exponential Technologies | |
| Ray Kurzweil and the Go-Fast Button | p. 51 |
| The Singularity Is Nearer | p. 59 |
| Building the Base of the Pyramid | ... MORE|
| The Tools of Cooperation | p. 77 |
| Water | p. 85 |
| Feeding Nine Billion | p. 100 |
| The Forces of Abundance | |
| The DIY Innovator | p. 119 |
| The Technophilanthropists | p. 132 |
| The Rising Billion | p. 140 |
| Peak of the Pyramid | |
| Energy | p. 155 |
| Education | p. 174 |
| Health Care | p. 189 |
| Freedom | p. 205 |
| Steering Faster | |
| Driving Innovation and Breakthroughs | p. 217 |
| Risk and Failure | p. 227 |
| Which Way Next? | p. 236 |
| Afterword: Next Step-Join the Abundance Hub | p. 241 |
| Reference Section Raw Data | p. 243 |
| Appendix: Dangers of the Exponentials | p. 293 |
| Notes | p. 305 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 357 |
| Index | p. 359 |
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