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

Publication Info.	Farmington Hills, Michigan : Thorndike Press Large Print, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2017.
	©2016

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Description	821 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Physical Medium	large print rda
Series	Thorndike Press large print core
	Thorndike Press large print core series.
Note	Originally published: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [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 loos) -- 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 page [4] cover.
Subject	Technological innovations -- Social aspects.
	Technology and civilization.
	Climatic changes -- Social aspects.
	Geopolitics.
	Political participation.
	Globalization.
	Civilization, Modern -- 21st century.
	Large type books.
	Civilization, Modern. (OCoLC)fst00863073
	Climatic changes -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst00864268
	Geopolitics. (OCoLC)fst00941045
	Globalization. (OCoLC)fst00943532
	Large type books. (OCoLC)fst00992678
	Political participation. (OCoLC)fst01069386
	Technological innovations -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01145049
	Technology and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01145253
	Globalization.
Chronological Term	2000-2099
Genre/Form	Large type books.
	Large type books.
ISBN	9781410496850 (hardcover ; large print)
	1410496856 (hardcover ; large print)
	9781432837518 (paperback ; large print)
	1432837516 (paperback ; large print)

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