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Item specifics
- Condition
- Ex Libris
- No
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Inscribed
- No
- Vintage
- No
- Book Series
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- Intended Audience
- Adults
- ISBN
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
ISBN-10
1250085098
ISBN-13
9781250085092
eBay Product ID (ePID)
217003311
Product Key Features
Book Title
Age of Discovery : Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Civilization, Philosophy & Social Aspects, Creative Ability, Europe / Renaissance, Social History, Economics / General
Publication Year
2016
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Science, Business & Economics, Psychology, History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
17.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-050148
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"An essential guide--and a superb ride--through our current stormy moment."-- Arianna Huffington, Founder, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post "A powerful journey...This book will help the world."-- Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group "Everyone should read it."-- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A rich portrait...Powerful parallels...Insights for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci."-- Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn "Ian and Chris ask--and answer--the big, essential questions...We should thank them for their audacity."-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund "A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare."-- Larry Brilliant, former Executive Director, Google.org "A masterpiece."-- Vijay Govindarajan, New York Times Best Selling Author "A much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world."-- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co "Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face today."-- Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation "A call to action we all need to hear."-- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director, Greenpeace "A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left...an impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A hugely stimulating book...Everyone should heed the authors' call."-- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University "An education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Philosopher "Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of the modern world and how other ages have confronted them."-- Andrew Hamilton, President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University "A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many challenges we are facing today."-- Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group "A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere."-- Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning "This fascinating book...should interest all who care about the future of humanity."-- Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society, "A landmark new book" -- The Guardian (UK) "[A] lively account of both Renaissance and modern history...Maybe someone should send Mr. Trump a copy of this book; it might yield some thought provoking tweets." -- The Financial Times "A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity." -- Nature "An essential guide--and a superb ride--through our current stormy moment."-- Arianna Huffington, Founder, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post "A powerful journey...This book will help the world."-- Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group "Everyone should read it."-- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A rich portrait...Powerful parallels...Essential insights for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci."-- Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn "Ian and Chris ask--and answer--the big, essential questions...We should thank them for their audacity."-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund "A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare."-- Larry Brilliant, former Executive Director, Google.org "A masterpiece."-- Vijay Govindarajan, New York Times Best Selling Author "A much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world."-- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co "Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face today."-- Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation "A call to action we all need to hear."-- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director, Greenpeace "A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left...an impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A hugely stimulating book...Everyone should heed the authors' call."-- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University "An education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Philosopher "Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of the modern world and how other ages have confronted them."-- Andrew Hamilton, President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University "A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many challenges we are facing today."-- Hans-Paul Brkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group "A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere."-- Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning "This fascinating book...should interest all who care about the future of humanity."-- Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society, "A landmark new book" -- The Guardian (UK) "A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity." -- Nature "An essential guide--and a superb ride--through our current stormy moment."-- Arianna Huffington, Founder, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post "A powerful journey...This book will help the world."-- Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group "Everyone should read it."-- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A rich portrait...Powerful parallels...Essential insights for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci."-- Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn "Ian and Chris ask--and answer--the big, essential questions...We should thank them for their audacity."-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund "A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare."-- Larry Brilliant, former Executive Director, Google.org "A masterpiece."-- Vijay Govindarajan, New York Times Best Selling Author "A much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world."-- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co "Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face today."-- Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation "A call to action we all need to hear."-- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director, Greenpeace "A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left...an impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A hugely stimulating book...Everyone should heed the authors' call."-- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University "An education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Philosopher "Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of the modern world and how other ages have confronted them."-- Andrew Hamilton, President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University "A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many challenges we are facing today."-- Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group "A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere."-- Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning "This fascinating book...should interest all who care about the future of humanity."-- Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society, "Are we living through a new Renaissance? In this hugely stimulating book, Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna looks at today's hubs of innovation and sees new versions of Florence in the age of the Medici. Ours, he argues, is a new era of exploration. But, as in the da Vinci and da Gama, new technology and global integration bring with them new perils as well as new prosperity: pandemics, religious manias, war. Everyone should read the authors' call for a new humanism that is ready to defend our modern Renaissance against attacks that have already begun."-- Niall Ferguson "Age of Discovery is a much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world. The authors step back from the day-to-day to illustrate how our current period -- with its relentless pace, new technologies, and heightened connectedness -- is a New Renaissance. The reader learns the lessons of the original Renaissance, such as the need to look out for new systemic risks, and the necessity to 'embrace genius' -- the innovative and frequently controversial ideas that originate from these unique points in time. With this perspective, leaders can learn to make prudent decisions for the long-term without being over-biased by near-term volatility."-- Dominic Barton, Managing Director of McKinsey "This fascinating book cover an remarkably broad canvas. The authors set today's global trends in a historical perspective while assessing current challenges and policy options. They argue that we live in an era where the stakes are higher than ever before-- but they are neither techno-utopians nor doom-mongers. This balanced analysis should interest all who care about humanity's future."-- Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal and Former President of the Royal Society "In this superb account of the parallels between our own time and the Renaissance the authors show what we can learn, both as guide and warning; if we hark to what they say, we can unleash the best of today's potentials and avoid its pitfalls. Their book is an education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Master, New College of the Humanities "Age of Discovery offers a refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left. Its vision is that the current wave of advances -- in communications and science among others -- are fast presenting opportunities for a worldwide outpouring of creativity. Its wisdom is that these possibilities will be largely missed if citizens do not act and nations do not organize to take advantage of them. An impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, the 2006 Nobel Laureate in Economics "In Age of Discovery , Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna do a masterful job on a very important topic: how to weather the crises and achieve greatness."-- Vijay Govindarajan, NYT Bestselling Author, Coxe Professor at Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth & Martin Bower Fellow at Harvard Business School "Along with being fascinating reading, Age of Discovery provides the big picture view required to understand the challenges being created by the constant waves of innovation we face today. Our wonderful new technologies are agnostic, capable of being used for good and for evil, to save lives and to end lives. The book illustrates well that in life, as in chess, every advance creates both opportunities and dangers--and the winners will be those who best embrace the new while still learning from the old. I know better than most that "genius" is an overused word, but the authors effectively rehabilitate it in Age of Discovery by showing how individual brilliance becomes collective success when individual freedom spreads opportunity throughout society."-- Garry Kasparov, Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation, 13th World Chess Champion, and author of Winter is Coming, "A landmark new book" -- The Guardian (UK) "[A] lively account of both Renaissance and modern history...Maybe someone should send Mr. Trump a copy of this book; it might yield some thought provoking tweets." -- The Financial Times "A bold mega-analysis of global education, health, prosperity and technology...incisive and rich in context and granularity." -- Nature "An essential guide--and a superb ride--through our current stormy moment."-- Arianna Huffington, Founder, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post "A powerful journey...This book will help the world."-- Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group "Everyone should read it."-- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A rich portrait...Powerful parallels...Essential insights for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci."-- Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn "Ian and Chris ask--and answer--the big, essential questions...We should thank them for their audacity."-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund "A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare."-- Larry Brilliant, former Executive Director, Google.org "A masterpiece."-- Vijay Govindarajan, New York Times Best Selling Author "A much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world."-- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co "Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face today."-- Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation "A call to action we all need to hear."-- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director, Greenpeace "A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left...an impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A hugely stimulating book...Everyone should heed the authors' call."-- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University "An education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Philosopher "Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of the modern world and how other ages have confronted them."-- Andrew Hamilton, President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University "A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many challenges we are facing today."-- Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group "A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere."-- Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning "This fascinating book...should interest all who care about the future of humanity."-- Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society, "An essential guide--and a superb ride--through our current stormy moment."-- Arianna Huffington, Founder, President & Editor-in-Chief, Huffington Post "A powerful journey...This book will help the world."-- Sir Richard Branson, Founder, Virgin Group "Everyone should read it."-- Michael Spence, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A rich portrait...Powerful parallels...Essential insights for every emerging Michelangelo and da Vinci."-- Reid Hoffman, Founder & Chairman, LinkedIn "Ian and Chris ask--and answer--the big, essential questions...We should thank them for their audacity."-- Christine Lagarde, Managing Director, International Monetary Fund "A remarkable feat of both history and prophecy. Ian and Chris have given us a gift of self-reflection that is indeed rare."-- Larry Brilliant, former Executive Director, Google.org "A masterpiece."-- Vijay Govindarajan, New York Times Best Selling Author "A much needed dose of perspective in our increasingly short-term focused world."-- Dominic Barton, Global Managing Director, McKinsey & Co "Essential reading to navigate the waves of innovation we face today."-- Garry Kasparov, 13th World Chess Champion and Chairman of the Human Rights Foundation "A call to action we all need to hear."-- Kumi Naidoo, International Executive Director, Greenpeace "A refreshing change from the shallow analyses and sterile nostrums of the right and the left...an impressive and important book."-- Edmund Phelps, Nobel Laureate in Economics "A hugely stimulating book...Everyone should heed the authors' call."-- Niall Ferguson, Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University "An education and a great read in one."-- A.C. Grayling, Philosopher "Outstanding insights for all those interested in the stresses of the modern world and how other ages have confronted them."-- Andrew Hamilton, President, NYU & past Vice-Chancellor, Oxford University "A very important reminder to grasp the opportunities in the many challenges we are facing today."-- Hans-Paul Bürkner, Chairman, Boston Consulting Group "A must-read for present and future leaders everywhere."-- Asha Kanwar, President & CEO, Commonwealth of Learning "This fascinating book...should interest all who care about the future of humanity."-- Lord Martin Rees, UK Astronomer Royal & past President of the Royal Society
Dewey Decimal
909.83
Synopsis
The present is a contest between the bright and dark sides of discovery. To avoid being torn apart by its stresses, we need to recognize the fact--and gain courage and wisdom from the past. Age of Discovery shows how. Now is the best moment in history to be alive, but we have never felt more anxious or divided. Human health, aggregate wealth and education are flourishing. Scientific discovery is racing forward. But the same global flows of trade, capital, people and ideas that make gains possible for some people deliver big losses to others--and make us all more vulnerable to one another. Business and science are working giant revolutions upon our societies, but our politics and institutions evolve at a much slower pace. That's why, in a moment when everyone ought to be celebrating giant global gains, many of us are righteously angry at being left out and stressed about where we're headed. To make sense of present shocks, we need to step back and recognize: we've been here before. The first Renaissance, the time of Columbus, Copernicus, Gutenberg and others, likewise redrew all maps of the world, democratized communication and sparked a flourishing of creative achievement. But their world also grappled with the same dark side of rapid change: social division, political extremism, insecurity, pandemics and other unintended consequences of discovery. Now is the second Renaissance. We can still flourish--if we learn from the first.
LC Classification Number
CB430.G66 2016
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