A small number of inventions made civilization, expanded knowledge, and allowed us to achieve. Despite the title, stronger on social trends than on technology. Wide-ranging statements about future trends, but light on hard data. A highly personal look at telecommunications by one of the great futurists. Thumbnail sketches of the approaches, beliefs, and foci of seventeen prominent futurists.
Few people are lucky in love, careers, friends, and influence.
This is the story of two economists who were - Nobel Laureate Milton Friedman and Rose Friedman. Globalization, with its attendant rapid change, is a fact of life. This book tells how it occurred and what it means - for individuals, for organization, and for governments. Examines major trends with region-specific prognostications. The first report to the Club of Rome.