{"id":640385,"date":"2013-01-28T18:23:32","date_gmt":"2013-01-28T23:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=68170"},"modified":"2013-01-28T18:25:30","modified_gmt":"2013-01-28T23:25:30","slug":"on-our-reading-list-al-gore-takes-a-look-at-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640385","title":{"rendered":"On our reading list: Al Gore takes a look at The Future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class='embed-youtube' style='text-align:center; display: block;'><iframe class='youtube-player' type='text\/html' width='586' height='360' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SWAgNrRwLoU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;%23038;fs=1&#038;%23038;showsearch=0&#038;%23038;showinfo=1&#038;%23038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;%23038;wmode=transparent' frameborder='0'><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_on_averting_climate_crisis.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/205_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Al Gore: Averting the climate crisis<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a>Al Gore posits an intriguing question in his newest book, on shelves tomorrow, January 29: can we change the future? But this book isn\u2019t about peering into a crystal ball.\u00a0 In <i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Future-Drivers-Global-Change\/dp\/0812992946\/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpt_1\">The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change<\/a><\/i>, Gore &#8212; who\u2019s spoken at TED multiple times &#8212; breaks down the factors that are changing our world at an unprecedented pace, leaving many of us feeling something akin to temporal whiplash. As Gore outlines, these forces are: ever-increasing economic globalization, the development of a \u201cglobal mind\u201d via instant communication, a global balance of power with multiple centers, an economic compass pointing toward unsustainable growth, revolutions in the field of genomics and biotech,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_s_new_thinking_on_the_climate_crisis.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/b0f73b8ddbb6684e57ff7a5270d7ae53572ab8f8_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Al Gore: New thinking on the climate crisis<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a> and a disruption of the relationship between people and the earth\u2019s ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat do you think about when you hear the phrase \u2018the future?\u2019 Is it a hopeful place? Is it a little scary? Does it seem like things are speeding up more than in the past?\u201d Gore asks in a trailer for the book, above. \u201cWell, they are. There are large forces that are shaping and reordering the world we\u2019ve always known.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But he promises that the tome isn\u2019t all doom and gloom.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/al_gore_warns_on_latest_climate_trends.html\" class=\"video_teaser\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/images.ted.com\/images\/ted\/87439_240x180.jpg\" alt=\"Al Gore warns on latest climate trends\" width=\"132\" height=\"99\" \/>Al Gore warns on latest climate trends<span class=\"play\"><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No matter where in the world we live, we face a choice\u2014either to be swept along by the powerful currents of technological change and economic determinism into a future that may threaten our deepest values. Or shape the future in ways that protect human dignity and reflect the aspirations of people and nations throughout the world,\u201d he says. \u201cMapping the future is a risky undertaking. Perhaps the only thing riskier is doing nothing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68170\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68170\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=68170&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/uWJ35gKM46g\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Gore: Averting the climate crisisAl Gore posits an intriguing question in his newest book, on shelves tomorrow, January 29: can we change the future? But this book isn\u2019t about peering into a crystal ball.\u00a0 In The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, Gore &#8212; who\u2019s spoken at TED multiple times &#8212; breaks down the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7344,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7344"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=640385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/640385\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=640385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=640385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=640385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}