People tend to focus on flaws when it comes to humanity's ability to provide goods and services. News about income inequality, the lack of adequate health services for hundreds of millions of people, the large number of people who suffer from hunger every day, etc. they often capture humanity's attention better than any other type of news. Add to this a growing population, dire predictions about global warming, and the recent economic recession, and it seems that solutions to many of the world's current and future problems are out of reach. This, however, is not the view taken by Peter H. Diamandis and Steven Kolter in their book Abundance: The Future is Better Than You Think. They recognize that the world has many problems and future ones that humanity will have to solve, but they believe that humanity is up to the task. In their book, these two authors explain how humanity's lot on Earth has improved at an exponential rate, how humanity can continue to grow to address the problems of today and tomorrow, and why humanity is likely to succeed to create abundance. One of the most striking examples is aluminum, which was once valued more than gold in the 19th century and is now one of the most readily available metals to consumers. This belief in humanity's ability to create abundance stems from the idea that: 1) technologies in many areas, especially in computers and processors, which are growing at an exponential rate, give humanity more powerful and more accessible tools than ever before to communicate, solve problems, and to educate others 2) The increased power and affordability of technology allows individuals to invent, test, and ultimately create solutions that were previously only the d...... half of the paper.. ....s. It helps the reader have faith in humanity's capabilities and gives hope that the future will be better; it just doesn't tell you how exactly the future will be better, and given how wrong people have been about improving living standards, Diamandis and Kotler are wise to keep an open mind about what the future will look like. Works Cited Romer, Paolo. “Increasing returns and long-run growth.” Journal of Political Economy. 94.5 (1986): 1002-1037. November 17, 2013. Lucas, Robert E.: “On the Mechanics of Economic Development,” Journal of Monetary Economics, 22 (1988): 3–42. Thomas, Lacy Glenn. “Regulation and corporate size: FDA impacts on innovation.” RAND Journal of Economics. 21.4 (1990): 497-517. November 17, 2013.Smil, Vaclav. “Primer for Power Density.” . Np, 08 May 2010. 29 Sept 2013.