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''Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think'' is a book by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler that was published in 2012. The writers refer to the book's title as being a future where nine billion people have access to clean water, food, energy, health care, education, and everything else that is necessary for a first world standard of living, thanks to technological innovation. The book was a commercial success. It debuted at #1 on both Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble's bestseller lists.〔 Praise appeared in various publications such as ''Time'' and ''The Washington Post''.〔〔 ==Theme== The book's four main points are:〔(Plenty to Go Around ), ''New York Times'', March 30, 2012〕 # Technologies in computing, energy, medicine and many other areas are improving at an exponential rate and will soon enable breakthroughs that today seem impossible. # These technologies have allowed independent innovators to achieve startling advances in many areas of technology with little money or manpower. # Technology has created a generation of "techno-philanthropists" (such as Bill Gates) who are using their billions to try to solve seemingly unsolvable problems such as hunger and disease. # The lives of the world's poorest people are being improved substantially because of technology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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