Ebook Age of Discovery Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance Ian Goldin Chris Kutarna 9781472943521 Books

Product details Paperback 552 pages Publisher Bloomsbury Business; Revised ed. edition (December 12, 2017) Language English ISBN-10 147294352X

Age of Discovery Navigating the Risks and Rewards of Our New Renaissance Ian Goldin Chris Kutarna 9781472943521 Books Reviews

• This would be a five star book for the information provided. There were fascinating details provided for the earlier renaissance ( 1500's in Europe); and some helpful descriptions and explanations of our present day world The premise of the book that the present day is a new renaissance was well presented and moderately convincing. The book should have ended there. The last sections were agonizingly positive and preachy. There are page after page of unrealistic advice. Most of the advice was hardly original and occasionally contradictory. There were long stretches of tedious reading followed by one or two interesting ideas. It was difficult to finish after such a good start.
• In "Age of Discovery", Ian Goldin & Chris Kutarna have given us an engrossing and illuminating account of the connections between the past eras of discovery, the world in which we find ourselves today, and the future towards which, we are hurtling at break-neck speed. A thought-provoking book which will leave us both uneasy, but also hopeful. Much food for thought and discussion.
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• Oxford Martin School authored interdisciplinary look at our current historic period? This second Renaissance has the excitement, & benefits beyond the first cultural rebirth. But the risks and unexpected challenges to our being far exceed the first Renaissance. A must read!
• Seldom does any book take you to the places that Age of Discovery does. Not only can and should we learn from the past, but its insights into our future are astounding. This isn't a book that you'll just read one time or place in your library to collect dust. Like a great musical composition, the more times your read it, the fuller your understanding will be of our potential journey we call life.
• A very optimistic world view that may be seriously unrealistic now that Trump is the next US president.
• This book is a must read for anyone wanting to better understand the times we are living through.Viewed with perspective of scholars(easy to read) positioning current times and themes with historical times of a very similar nature.It offers hope but cautions that we are indeed capable of blowing it as well. I've recommended it to at least a dozen people.
• Still reading, to date one of the most informative books I have read.
• Very interesting. Well researched.