TY - BOOK ID - 137617843 TI - The future : six drivers of global change PY - 2013 SN - 0812982894 9780812982893 PB - New York Random House DB - UniCat KW - Economic history KW - Global environmental change KW - Globalization KW - Social change KW - Technological innovations UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:137617843 AB - "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"-- ER -