Abundance

Abundance The Future Is Better Than You Think

A contrarian assessment of the near future explains how rapidly growing technologies and other powerful forces will be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of all people, profiling the revolutionary work of leading innovators in such areas as energy, health care and education. 50,000 first printing.
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Timeo Williams@timeowilliams
4 stars
Jun 5, 2024

Thanks Peter. The book delves into present realities and future possibilities at the macroscopic/global level in regards to population growth, energy, water, education and freedom. The basic thesis of this book: Ideas + Technology = Solving the world's problems. As to those who may claim that terrorism/political agendas have a greater say than the two variables above, Peter would most likely rebuttal that with the story of how Eric Schmidt met Sec. Cohen. Both of them discussed the Iraqi situation in detail. Both agreed that installing fiber optic cables to allow for wireless communication as a much more efficient method of allowing the Iraqis to organize, than the method etched in history. For those looking at the present world in gloom, with daily news headlines that make you shake your head, I recommend reading this book. You'll understand that when taking a broader look at things, from a historical perspective, things are getting better.

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Róbert Istók@robertistok
5 stars
Mar 19, 2023
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Alex @alexb
3 stars
Feb 8, 2023
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Drew Spartz@drewspartz
5 stars
Jan 26, 2023
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Dweedle @dw33dle
4 stars
Aug 16, 2022
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Mounir Bashour@bashour
4 stars
Aug 15, 2022
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julia Spoerry@jspo
5 stars
May 31, 2022
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Jacob Munk-Stander@jacobms
3 stars
Feb 19, 2022
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David@texas_strut
2 stars
Nov 1, 2021
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Alberto Cabas Vidani@albertocv
5 stars
Sep 27, 2021
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Aaron Teng@aaronteng
5 stars
Aug 12, 2021
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Talbet Fulthorpe@talbet
4 stars
Jul 29, 2021

Highlights

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Mary Carmona@mary_carmona

Worse, evolution shaped the human brain to be acutely aware of all the potential dangers and thus our news media and politicians focus on the grim to capture your mindshare. This dire combination has a profound impact on human perception: It literally shuts off our abil- ity to take in good news.

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Mary Carmona@mary_carmona

Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet with a life of luxury -rather it's about providing all with a life of possibility.

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