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Book · 2012 · Social aspects

Abundance

by Peter H. Diamandis, Steven Kotler · Recommended by 6 people on 4 podcasts

Why people recommend it

Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler's Abundance argues that technological innovation will continually solve major global challenges, offering an optimistic perspective that the future is far better than people generally assume. On The Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan recommended the book to anyone seeking relief from a pessimistic worldview, while Duncan Trussell also brought up the work when discussing world problems and technology. On No Stupid Questions, Stephen Dubner cited the book as a prime example of techno-optimism, explaining the authors' core argument that human ingenuity and technology will persistently improve living standards. Peter Diamandis himself discussed publishing the work on On Purpose with Jay Shetty, and Jason Silva referenced the book on The Joe Rogan Experience to illustrate how human evolutionary psychology tricks people into focusing disproportionately on danger instead of progress.

Who recommended it

Stephen Dubner — 2 mentions
Discussed
“he actually wrote a book called abundance”
Discussed
“He actually wrote a book called 'Abundance,' and they argue that technology, especially, will just keep solving problems and keep making things better.”
Kristin Godsey — 1 mention
Discussed
“diamantis and kotler have this book called abundance you know the future is better than you think”
Peter Diamandis — 1 mention
Discussed
“it was about eight or nine years ago i just published my first book called abundance uh the future is better than you think”
Duncan Trussell — 1 mention
Recommended
“he wrote this book abundance I I I can never get his name right”
Joe Rogan — 1 mention
Recommended
“and also in this book abundance highly recommend it for for anybody who's into not feeling like you're in Hell who wrote it”
Jason Silva — 1 mention
Discussed
“Peter diamandis did a presentation about this at the Ted conference just a week and a half ago and he has his book called abundance”

Also mentioned in the same episodes

Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Own book
“um so the work i did that i wrote about in a small furry prayer um sort of put forth a different idea that a bunch of us sort of think might be true”