Diamandis, Peter H. <br/><br/>
Abundance :  the future is better than you think / 
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler. 
 - 1st Free Press hardcover ed. 
 - New York :  Free Press,  2012. 
 - xi, 386 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index. 
<br/><br/>Pt. 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? 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781451614213 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Technological innovations--Forecasting.<br/>Technological forecasting.<br/>Technology--Social aspects.<br/>Social prediction.<br/>Economic forecasting.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>T173.8  / .D536 2012