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Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations

Friedman, Thomas L. (author.).

Summary: Friedman discusses how the key to understanding the 21st century is understanding that the planet's three largest forces -- Moore's law (technology), the market (globalization) and Mother Nature (climate change and biodiversity loos) -- are accelerating all at once. And these accelerations are transforming the five key realms: the workplace, politics, geopolitics, ethics, and community. Friedman posits that we should purposely "be late" -- we should pause to appreciate the amazing historical epoch we're passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers.--

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  • ISBN: 9780374715144
  • ISBN: 0374715149
  • ISBN: 9780374273538
  • ISBN: 0374273537
  • Physical Description: remote
    1 online resource (486 pages)
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016.

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General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note: Part I: Reflecting. Thank you for being late -- Part II: Accelerating. What the hell happened in 2007? ; Moore's law ; The supernova ; The market ; Mother Nature -- Part III: Innovating. Just too damned fast ; Turning AI into IA ; Control vs. Kaos ; Mother Nature as political mentor ; Is God in cyberspace? ; Always looking for Minnesota ; You can go home again (and you should!) -- Part IV: Anchoring. From Minnesota to the world and back.
Source of Description Note:
Print version record.
Subject: Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Technology and civilization
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Geopolitics
Political participation
Globalization
Civilization, Modern -- 21st century
Civilization, Modern
Climatic changes -- Social aspects
Geopolitics
Globalization
Political participation
Technological innovations -- Social aspects
Technology and civilization
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy
Genre: Electronic books.

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