Title: Thank You for Being Late
Subtitle: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations
Description: 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--
Subjects: Technology and civilization, Social aspects, Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Geopolitics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Globalization, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / International, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Globalization, Modern Civilization, Climatic changes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Commentary & Opinion, Technological innovations, Political participation, nyt:combined-print-and-e-book-nonfiction=2016-12-11, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Technology, social aspects, Civilization, modern, 21st century, 71.41 social changes (sociology), BUSINESS & ECONOMICS, International, POLITICAL SCIENCE, Political Economy, Technologie, Entwicklung, Klimaänderung, Globalisierung, Beschäftigungsentwicklung, Gemeinschaft, Innovations technologiques, Aspect social, Mondialisation, Social change, Climate change, Large type books, nyt:e-book-nonfiction=2016-12-11, Technological innovations -- Social aspects, Climatic changes -- Social aspects, Civilization, Modern -- 21st century, Civilization, Modern, Time -- Sociological aspects, Time pressure, Time perception -- Social aspects, Information technology -- Social aspects
Time periods: 21st century