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    <title>optimist's tour of the future</title>
    <subTitle>one curious man sets out to answer "what's next?"</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Stevenson, Mark</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1971-</namePart>
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    <publisher>Avery</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2012</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <abstract>A guide to the future of civilization describes the author's travels in various world regions where he learned about climate-proof farming practices and breakthrough technologies with a potential for helping the world.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Man. "The world's most dangerous idea" ; "The most wondrous map" ; "My lab should not be trusted" -- Machine. Can you turn all the buttons on? ; "Like explaining Shakespeare to a dog" ; "Invisibly small and and magical" ; "The biggest, baddest kid on the block" ; "A constant and complete intercourse" -- Mother Earth. "World leaders still don't really get it" ; "I'm a disruptive guy. I like disruption" ; "The black phantom" ; "A little bit of a big amount" ; "The best job in the world" -- Me. "Making a road where there isn't one" ; "Future shock" ; Hello, and thanks for all the fish.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Mark Stevenson.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
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    <topic>Forecasting</topic>
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    <topic>Historia</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">Q 180  S848o 2012</classification>
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