Future / Al Gore

By:

Gore, Al

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: WH Allen, 2013. New York:Description: xxxi, 558 pISBN:

9780753540497

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

303.4 GOR-F

Contents:

Earth Inc. -- The global mind -- Power in the balance -- Outgrowth -- The reinvention of life and death -- The edge.

Summary: "The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink their basic assumptions about how the world works, and, even more fundamentally, how it should and can work. Borders matter less than ever. Technology is constantly reordering the way we live, think, work, learn, love, pray, and play"--

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Earth Inc. --
The global mind --
Power in the balance --
Outgrowth --
The reinvention of life and death --
The edge.

"The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink their basic assumptions about how the world works, and, even more fundamentally, how it should and can work. Borders matter less than ever. Technology is constantly reordering the way we live, think, work, learn, love, pray, and play"--

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