2030 : how today's biggest trends will collide and reshape the future of everything / by Mauro F Guillén

By:

Guillén, Mauro F [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Cheltenham : The History Press, 2020Description: vi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780750996075 (hbk.)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 330.9 GUI 016543

Contents:

Some facts and figures -- Introduction: The clock is ticking -- Follow the babies: population drought, the African baby boom, and the next industrial revolution -- Gray is the new black: tech-savvy senior citizens, postponing retirement, and rethinking "old" and "young" -- Keeping up with the Singhs and the Wangs: the old middle class, the new middle class, and the battle for attention -- Second sex no more?: the new millionaires, entrepreneurs, and leaders of tomorrow -- Cities drown first: global warming, hipsters, and the mundanity of survival -- More cellphones than toilets: reinventing the wheel, the new Cambrian explosion, and the future of technology -- Image no possessions: riding waves, network effects, and the power of 8.5 billion connections -- More currencies than countries: printing your own money, the blockchain, and the end of modern banking -- Conclusion: Lateral tips and tricks to survive 2030 -- Postscript: How a disruptive event like Covid-19 impacts the trends discussed in 2030.

Summary: A ground-breaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends, including answers on how COVID-19 will amplify and accelerate each of these changes

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute for Human Settlements, Bangalore	330.9 GUI 016543 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		016543

Some facts and figures --
Introduction: The clock is ticking --
Follow the babies: population drought, the African baby boom, and the next industrial revolution --
Gray is the new black: tech-savvy senior citizens, postponing retirement, and rethinking "old" and "young" --
Keeping up with the Singhs and the Wangs: the old middle class, the new middle class, and the battle for attention --
Second sex no more?: the new millionaires, entrepreneurs, and leaders of tomorrow --
Cities drown first: global warming, hipsters, and the mundanity of survival --
More cellphones than toilets: reinventing the wheel, the new Cambrian explosion, and the future of technology --
Image no possessions: riding waves, network effects, and the power of 8.5 billion connections --
More currencies than countries: printing your own money, the blockchain, and the end of modern banking --
Conclusion: Lateral tips and tricks to survive 2030 --
Postscript: How a disruptive event like Covid-19 impacts the trends discussed in 2030.

A ground-breaking analysis from one of the world's foremost experts on global trends, including answers on how COVID-19 will amplify and accelerate each of these changes

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