Thank you for being late : an optimist's guide to thriving in the age of accelerations
Thomas L. Friedman (Author)
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 purposely "be late"--We should pause to appreciate the amazing historical epoch we're passing through and to reflect on its possibilities and dangers.-- adapted from book jacket
Print Book, English, 2017
First Picador international mass market edition. Version 2.0, with a new afterword View all formats and editions
Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, 2017
645 pages : charts, graphs ; 17 cm
9781250171290, 1250171296
1078925482
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
Afterword
Includes index