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Abundance : the future is better than you think / Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler.
- ISBN: 9781451614213
- ISBN: 1451614217
- Description: xi, 386 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st Free Press hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2012.
Available copies
- 11 copies at NOBLE (All Libraries).
Current holds
0 current holds with 12 total copies.
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danvers | Adult Nonfiction | T 173.8 D536 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Endicott College | General Collection | T 173.8 .D536 2012 (Text to phone) | Checked out | 06/29/2013 |
| Everett - Parlin Memorial | Adult Nonfiction | 303.483/D537a (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Everett - Shute Memorial | Adult Nonfiction | 303.483/D537a (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Gloucester | Adult Nonfiction | 303.483/Diamandis (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Lynnfield | Adult Nonfiction | T 173.8 .D536 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Marblehead | Adult Nonfiction | 303.483 DIAMANDIS 2012 (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Melrose | New Books (Browsing Room) | 303.483 Diamandis (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Phillips OWHL | Stacks 4 | 303.48 D31AB (Text to phone) | Available | - |
| Salem | Adult Non-Fiction | 303.483/DIAMANDIS (Text to phone) | Available | - |
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| Contents: | 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? |
| Summary: | 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. |
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