Abundance
eBook - ePub

Abundance

The Future Is Better Than You Think

  1. 400 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Abundance

The Future Is Better Than You Think

About this book

The New York Times bestselling “manifesto for the future that is grounded in practical solutions addressing the world’s most pressing concerns: overpopulation, food, water, energy, education, health care and freedom” (The Wall Street Journal).

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 closing—and fast.

In Abundance, space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, digital manufacturing synthetic biology, and other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two decades than we have in the previous 200 years. We will soon have the ability to meet and exceed the basic needs of every person on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp.

Breaking down human needs by category—water, food, energy, healthcare, education, freedom—Diamandis and Kotler introduce us to innovators and industry captains making tremendous strides in each area. “Not only is Abundance a riveting page-turner…but it’s a book that gives us a future worth fighting for” (The Christian Science Monitor).

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Information

Publisher
Free Press
Year
2012
Print ISBN
9781451616835
eBook ISBN
9781451616842

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Introduction to Abundance: Updated for the 2014 Edition
  4. Part One: Perspective
  5. Part Two: Exponential Technologies
  6. Part Three: Building the Base of the Pyramid
  7. Part Four: The Forces of Abundance
  8. Part Five: Peak of the Pyramid
  9. Part Six: Steering Faster
  10. Afterword: Next Steps—How to Take Action
  11. New Evidence for Abundance
  12. Reference Section Raw Data
  13. Acknowledgments
  14. About the Authors
  15. Appendix: Dangers of the Exponentials
  16. Notes
  17. Index
  18. Copyright

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