00000cam a22000004i 4500 UP-99796217612036053 Buklod 20160428164936.0 aa r ||| u ta 121204s2013 nyu rb |001 0|eng d 9780812992946 (hardback) (iLib)UPD-00254216303 DLC DECON rda eng DMLUC HM 831 G67 2013 Gore, Albert 1948- author. The future six drivers of global change Al Gore. New York Random House [2013]. xxxi, 558 pages 25 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-387) and index. "The consequential age we are living in will be remembered as one of the great turning points in civilization. Once we turn, though, where will we be? That is the compelling question Al Gore sets out to answer by examining the drivers of global change, connecting the dots among the social, economic, and political forces shaping our present and future. A rising global consciousness is forcing people around the world, but especially Americans, to rethink their basic assumptions about how the world works, and, even more fundamentally, how it should and can work. Borders matter less than ever. Technology is constantly reordering the way we live, think, work, learn, love, pray, and play"-- Provided by publisher. Social change. Economic history 21st century. Technological innovations. Global environmental change. Globalization. FO UPD DECON HM 831 G67 2013 Book