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Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler

Can new technology meet the basic needs of every person on Earth, from water and food to health care and education?

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Author
Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler

Why read it

  • You will learn why the human brain filters out good news, and why that makes the world look worse than it is
  • You will understand how technologies that keep doubling can change the pace of progress, whatever else is happening in the world
  • You will weigh the authors' claim that incentive prizes can help when a key technology is missing

Who it is for

  • Pessimist who reads headlines and wants a case for optimism
  • Entrepreneur looking for where big problems meet new technology
  • Policy student weighing future needs for water, food and energy

Contents

  1. PROVIDING ABUNDANCE IS HUMANITY’S GRANDEST CHALLENGE- THIS BOOK IS ABOUT HOE WE RISE TO MEET IT.
  2. A Note from the Authors
  3. PART ONE: PERSPECTIVE
  4. Chapter One: Our Grandest Challenge
  5. OUR GRANDEST CHALLENGE
  6. Chapter Two: Building the Pyramid
  7. BUILDING THE PYRAMID
  8. Chapter Three: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
  9. SEEING THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES
  10. Chapter Four: It’s Not as Bad as You Think
  11. IT’S NOT AS BAD AS YOU THINK
  12. PART TWO: EXPONENTIAL TECHNOLOGIES
  13. Chapter Five: Ray Kurzweil and the Go-Fast Button
  14. RAY KURZWEIL AND THE GO-FAST BUTTON
  15. Chapter Six: The Singularity Is Nearer
  16. THE SINGULARITY IS NEARER
  17. PART THREE: BUILDING THE BASE OF THE PYRAMID
  18. Chapter Seven: The Tools of Cooperation
  19. THE TOOLS OF COOPERATION
  20. Chapter Eight: Water
  21. WATER
  22. Chapter Nine: Feeding Nine Billion
  23. FEEDING NINE BILLION
  24. PART FOUR: THE FORCES OF ABUNDANCE
  25. Chapter Ten: The DIY Innovator
  26. THE DIY INNOVATOR
  27. Chapter Eleven: The Technophilanthropists
  28. THE TECHNOPHILANTHROPISTS
  29. Chapter Twelve: The Rising Billion
  30. THE RISING BILLION
  31. PART FIVE: PEAK OF THE PYRAMID
  32. Chapter Thirteen: Energy
  33. ENERGY
  34. Chapter Fourteen: Education
  35. EDUCATION
  36. Chapter Fifteen: Health Care
  37. HEALTH CARE
  38. Chapter Sixteen: Freedom
  39. FREEDOM
  40. PART SIX: STEERING FASTER
  41. Chapter Seventeen: Driving Innovation and Breakthroughs
  42. DRIVING INNOVATION AND BREAKTHROUGHS
  43. Chapter Eighteen: Risk and Failure
  44. RISK AND FAILURE
  45. Chapter Nineteen: Which Way Next?
  46. WHICH WAY NEXT?
  47. Afterword: Next Step—Join the Abundance Hub
  48. NEXT STEP—JOIN THE ABUNDANCE HUB
  49. Reference Section Raw Data
  50. APPENDIX DANGERS OF THE EXPONENTIALS

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