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Age of Discovery : Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance

by Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
$22.13
Age of Discovery : Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance - Thryft
Age of Discovery : Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance - Thryft

Unique Navigating the turbulent waters of our new renaissance.

Age of Discovery could be a good read for those who are curious about the challenges and opportunities that come with rapid global change. This book takes a historical perspective, drawing parallels between the first Renaissance and our present era, highlighting the risks and rewards that come with discovery. If you're interested in understanding the interconnectedness of our world and how it shapes our lives, this book will provide valuable insights and inspire you to navigate the uncertainties of the future with wisdom and courage.

  • Financial Times Business Book of the Year Nominee for Longlist (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Age of Discovery : Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance

by Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
$22.13
ISBN: 9781250085092
Authors: Ian Goldin, Chris Kutarna
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Date of Publication: 2016-05-24
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Economics, Science, Politics, Business, Sociology, History
Related Topics: Society, World History, History, Economics, Sociology, Politics, Technology, Psychology
Goodreads rating: 3.98
(rated by 426 readers)

Description

Ian Goldin and co-author Chris Kutarna define the present day as a  New Renaissance - a rare moment of flourishing genius and risk that promises to reshape all our lives.Da Vinci, Columbus, Copernicus, Luther, Gutenberg. These names recall an era in which an unprecedented rush of discovery and disruption broke through long-standing barriers and broke down equally long-standing powers. This rush entangled the whole world politically, economically and intellectually, and reshaped society. Now, the same forces that converged 500 years ago to spark genius and upend social order -great leaps in science, trade, migration, technology, education and health - are once again present, only stronger and more widespread.In Age of Discovery, Ian Goldin and Chris Kutarna show how we can draw courage and wisdom from the last Renaissance in order to fashion our own golden age out of this New Renaissance. Whether we’re seized by Gutenberg or Zuckerberg; the discovery of the Americas or the rise of China; copperplate or silicon etching; the Bonfire of the Vanities or the rise of ISIS; the spread of syphilis or the Ebola pandemic - a Renaissance moment, then and now, forces humanity to give its best just when the stakes are highest.Age of Discovery navigates the crises of our time and helps us all define a legacy that the world will still celebrate half a millennium from now.
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Age of Discovery could be a good read for those who are curious about the challenges and opportunities that come with rapid global change. This book takes a historical perspective, drawing parallels between the first Renaissance and our present era, highlighting the risks and rewards that come with discovery. If you're interested in understanding the interconnectedness of our world and how it shapes our lives, this book will provide valuable insights and inspire you to navigate the uncertainties of the future with wisdom and courage.

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Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.