Book description
In The Future, former US Vice President Al Gore, explores the
political, social and economic forces that are shaping what America
and the world will become in ensuing decades. From demographics to
democracy, Gore explores what he calls the 'Drivers of Global Change',
framing the international conversation about the future in fresh and
provocative ways.
With this new work, Gore hopes to help start a conversation about
the large-scale drivers of change that are defining and shaping our
future - from the rapid development and integration of radically new
technologies to the planet-changing impact of the climate crisis, to
poverty, globalization, and the democratisation of knowledge
accompanying the emergence of a ubiquitous internet linking ever more
intelligent devices.
Al Gore is chairman of Current TV, an independently owned cable
and satellite non-fiction television network for young people based on
viewer-created content and citizen journalism. He also serves as
chairman of Generation Investment Management, a firm that is focused
on a new approach to sustainable investing, and the Alliance for
Climate Protection, a non-profit philanthropy dedicated to solving the
climate crisis. Gore is a member of the Board of Directors of Apple, a
partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and a senior advisor
to Google.
Gore was elected to the US House of Representatives in 1976, 1978,
1980, and 1982, and to the US Senate in 1984 and 1990. He was
inaugurated as the forty-fifth Vice President of the United States on
January 20, 1993, and served eight years. In 2007, he was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize.
He is the author of the international bestsellers Earth in the
Balance, An Inconvenient Truth, and The Assault on Reason.
