TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gore,Al
TI  - The future: six drivers of global change 
SN  - 9780812992946
AV  - HM 831 .G67 2013
U1  - 303.4 23
PY  - 2013///]
CY  - New York
PB  - Random House
KW  - Social change
KW  - Economic history
KW  - 21st century
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Global environmental change
KW  - Globalization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-387) and index
N2  - "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  -