Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think

Peter H. Diamandis · Steven Kotler

Feb 2012 · Simon and Schuster

About this ebook

A New York Times–bestselling manifesto for the future addressing the world’s concerns like food, water, energy, education, healthcare, and freedom.

Since the dawn of humanity, a privileged few have lived in stark contrast to the hardscrabble majority. Conventional wisdom says this gap cannot be closed. But it is closing—and fast.

In Abundance, space entrepreneur turned innovation pioneer Peter H. Diamandis and award-winning science writer Steven Kotler document how progress in artificial intelligence, robotics, infinite computing, ubiquitous broadband networks, digital manufacturing, nanomaterials, synthetic biology, and many other exponentially growing technologies will enable us to make greater gains in the next two hundred years. We will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every person on the planet. Abundance for all is within our grasp.

Breaking down human needs by category—water, food, energy, healthcare, education, freedom—Diamandis and Kotler introduce us to innovators and industry captains making tremendous strides in each area. “Not only is Abundance a riveting page-turner . . . but it’s a book that gives us a future worth fighting for” (The Christian Science Monitor).

Ratings and reviews

This book reminded me that while the NSA, Amazon, Google, Facebook and others abuse, exploit and profit from our trust and disrespect our privacy, their own technology can be used to expose them. ( "People shouldn't be afraid of their government. Governments should be afraid of their people." Allen Moore, V for Vendetta ) More importantly, the same modern technologies and other forces discussed in this book can be used to grow the light to benefit all of humanity, GROW THE LIGHT. Tim B. Green

Peter Diamandis breaks down myths about the frailty of civilization and builds confidence in technological and social progress towards freer, more productive, more meaningful lives as we move on into the future and information technologies roar to life.

Fantastic Reality (meaning sound too good to be true, but sound valid and legitimate considering all facts provided). So I loved this book's approach to our future just because its very very positive and relies to accurate analysis.

About the author

Peter H. Diamandis, MD, is a New York Times bestselling author and the cofounder of Singularity University, Human Longevity, Inc., Celularity, Inc., and founder of Bold Capital Partners. He is the founder and Executive Chairman of XPRIZE. Diamandis has degrees in molecular genetics and aerospace engineering from MIT and an MD from Harvard Medical School.