providing abundance is humanitys grandest challengethis is a book about how we rise to meet it we will soon be able to meet and exceed the basic needs of every man woman and child on the planet abundance for all is within our grasp this bold contrarian view backed up by exhaustive research introduces our nearterm future where exponentially growing technologies and three other powerful forces are conspiring to better the lives of billions an antidote to pessimism by tech entrepreneur turned philanthropist peter h diamandis and awardwinning science writer steven kotler 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 closingfast the authors document how four forcesexponential technologies the diy innovator the technophilanthropist and the rising billionare conspiring to solve our biggest problems abundance establishes hard targets for change and lays out a strategic roadmap for governments industry and entrepreneurs giving us plenty of reason for optimismexamining human need by categorywater food energy healthcare education freedomdiamandis and kotler introduce dozens of innovators making great strides in each area larry page steven hawking dean kamen daniel kahneman elon musk bill joy stewart brand jeff skoll ray kurzweil ratan tata craig venter among many many others