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020			_a9781451614213
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050			_aT173.8 _b.D536 2012
100			_aDiamandis, Peter H.
245			_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.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-356) and index.
505			_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?
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.
650			_aTechnological innovations _xForecasting.
650			_aTechnological forecasting.
650			_aTechnology _xSocial aspects.
650			_aSocial prediction.
650			_aEconomic forecasting.
700			_aKotler, Steven, _d1967-
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