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The future is faster than you think, how converging technologies are transforming business, industries, and our lives, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler

Label
The future is faster than you think, how converging technologies are transforming business, industries, and our lives, Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-347) and index
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
The future is faster than you think
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
1126347047
Responsibility statement
Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler
Series statement
Exponential mindset series
Sub title
how converging technologies are transforming business, industries, and our lives
Summary
A blueprint for how our world will change in response to the next ten years of rapid technological disruption. The authors investigate how exponentially accelerating technologies will impact our daily lives and society as a whole. They probe the science of technological convergence and how it will reinvent every part of our lives, including transportation, retail, advertising, education, health, entertainment, food, and finance
Table Of Contents
The power of convergence. Convergence ; The jump to lightspeed : exponential technologies Part 1 ; The turbo-boost : exponential technologies Part 2 ; The acceleration of acceleration -- The rebirth of everything. The future of shopping ; The future of advertising ; The future of entertainment ; The future of education ; The future of healthcare ; The future of longevity ; The future of insurance, finance, and real estate ; The future of food -- The faster future. Threats and solutions ; The five great migrations
Target audience
adult
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