Super Short Summary

In their popular science book focused on the future of resource scarcity, Abundance (2012), Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kotler look optimistically at the future of humanity’s access to resources, framing this availability as a future fact predicated on the inevitable march of technological innovation. They debunk the rational basis behind fear-inducing news media, attributing this to brain structures such as the amygdala, and argue that examining quantitative data reveals the world is becoming happier, safer, and wealthier. They suggest that technological problems are interconnected and improving one can lead to widespread benefits, while advocating for pragmatic thinking, data attentiveness, and creative experimentation to foster innovation and solve global issues.