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Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations / Thomas L. Friedman.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2016Edition: First editionDescription: 486 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780374273538 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.48/3 23
LOC classification:
  • HM 846 F911t 2016
Contents:
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.
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 loss)--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
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HM 846 F911t 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000126877

This recording contains program announcements from a broadcast of Minnesota Radio Talking Book.

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.


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 loss)--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

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