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A book by Jeremy Rifkin that explores the convergence of communication technologies and renewable energy, and the rise of the sharing economy. The book has been a best seller and a documentary based on it was released in 2017.
- Jeremy Rifkin
- 2011
- The Internet of Things
- “Do It Yourself” Manufacturing
- A Leap Into The Sharing Economy
- Triggering A Third Industrial Revolution
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To grasp the enormity of the economic change taking place, we need to understand the technological forces that have given rise to new economic systems throughout history. Every great economic paradigm requires three elements, each of which interacts with the other to enable the system to operate as a whole: a communication medium, a power source an...
Virtually every industry will be transformed by the IoT platform and the Third Industrial Revolution. For example, a new generation of micromanufacturers are beginning to plug in to the insipient IoT, dramatically increasing their productivity while reducing their marginal costs to near zero, enabling them to outcompete the formerly invincible glob...
While the developing digital infrastructure is making the traditional capitalist market more productive and competitive, it is also spurring the growth of a new economic model: the sharing economy. In the sharing economy, social capital is as vital as finance capital, access is as important as ownership, sustainability supersedes consumerism, coope...
Erecting the IoT infrastructure for the Third Industrial Revolution will require a significant investment of public and private funds, just as was the case in the first two industrial revolutions. The financing is within reach, but will require a reprioritization of currently allocated infrastructure funds. For example, the European Union invested ...
The Internet of Things, the near zero marginal cost phenomenon and the sharing economy are transforming the global economy and society. Learn how the Communication Internet, the Energy Internet and the Transportation and Logistics Internet are converging to create a new platform for a Third Industrial Revolution.
Apr 21, 2012 · The first two industrial revolutions made people richer and more urban. Now a third revolution is under way. Manufacturing is going digital.
The Information Age (also known as the Third Industrial Revolution, Computer Age, Digital Age, Silicon Age, New Media Age, Internet Age, or the Digital Revolution [1]) is a historical period that began in the mid-20th century.
Learn how internet technology and renewable energies are merging to create a powerful new infrastructure for a Third Industrial Revolution that can take us into a more equitable and sustainable future. Discover the five pillars of this paradigm and how they are being implemented by the European Union.
A book that explores how renewable energy and Internet technology are transforming the global economy and society. Learn about the concept of lateral power, the smart grid, the collaborative age, and the post-carbon era.
Economics, Environmental Science, Political Science, Engineering. Introduction PART I: THE THIRD INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION The Real Economic Crisis Everyone Missed A New Narrative Turning Theory to Practice PART II: LATERAL POWER Distributed Capitalism Beyond Right and Left From Globalization to Continentalization PART III: THE COLLABORATIVE AGE ...
