“…But in 2019, as some claimed "billions of people are going to die," contributing to rising anxiety, including among adolescents, Shellenberger decided that as a lifelong environmental activist, leading energy expert, and father of a teenage daughter, he needed to speak out to separate science from fiction. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Monetizing Innovation: How Smart Companies Design the Product Around the Price; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Part One: The Monetizing Innovation Problem; Chapter 1: How Innovators Leave Billions on the Table: A Tale of Two Cars; Why the Majority of New Products Fail; Successful Innovation Matters More Than Ever; The Good News: Monetizing Innovation Failures Come in Only Four Varieties; You Can Avoid Failure-but Only If You Play by Different Rules; Chapter 2: Feature Shocks, Minivations, Hidden Gems, and Undeads: The Four Flavors of Monetizing Innovation Failure…”

“…Such a tool already exists and it’s in billions of mobile devices worldwide: SMS, or text messaging. …”

“…Religion is a core source of identity for billions of people around the world and it is hardly surprising that sometimes it becomes involved in conflicts. …”

“…He investigates why Twitter and Facebook were valued in the billions of dollars at their public offerings, and why one (Twitter) has stagnated while the other (Facebook) has grown. …”

“…Successful auctions can fuel rapid innovation in products and services, unlock substantial economic benefits, build comparative advantage across all regions, and create billions of dollars of government revenues. Poor auction strategies can leave bandwidth unsold and delay innovation, sell national assets to firms too cheaply, or create uncompetitive markets with high mobile prices and patchy coverage that stifles economic growth. …”

“…Today, tens of millions of consumers are collectively spending tens of billions of dollars annually on innovation development. …”

“…While multinational corporations poured in hundreds of billions of dollars, there was also a restructuring of the way business was conducted. …”

“…Companies are spending billions on machine learning projects, but it’s money wasted if the models can’t be deployed effectively. …”

“…., Web of People), and to the emerging connection of billions of physical objects (i.e., Web of Things). …”

“…Negativity in the workplace costs businesses billions of dollars and impacts the morale, productivity and health of individuals and teams. …”

“…It is estimated that literally billions of residents in urban and peri-urban areas of Africa, Asia, and Latin America are served by onsite sanitation systems (e.g. various types of latrines and septic tanks). …”

“…Home to over 80 percent of all life on Earth, the ocean is the world’s largest carbon sink and a key source of food and economic security for billions of people. The relevance of the ocean for humanity's future is undisputed. …”

“…Franchises such as Call of Duty, Battlefield, and those bearing Tom Clancy’s name turn over billions of dollars annually by promising to immerse players in historic and near-future battles, converting the reality of contemporary conflicts into playable, experiences. …”

“…Two federal programs--Medicare and Medicaid--distribute billions each year to support teaching hospitals and other training sites that provide graduate medical education. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…-- Introduction: the rise of Generation M 5 -- Their influence as the 'third billion' and why we need to pay attention 5 -- Chapter 2: Global trends shaping the emergence of Generation M 12 -- Creativity born of constraints 12 -- Chapter 3: Meet Generation M! …”

“…The 'Arrangement', as the Guidelines are usually known, is a unique form of international co-operation: as a 'gentlemen's agreement', it has no formal status in law – and yet it has brought order to the supply of export credits (government subsidies to exporters), thus saving billions of dollars of taxpayers' money. Thanks to the Arrangement, exporters in OECD countries now compete on the basis of quality and price, not according to the degree of support they receive from the state. …”

“…Create simple, engaging, and effective outputs that actually get results Billions of corporate dollars are spent every year on initiatives to help people succeed in their job, but much of it goes to waste. …”

“…Backed by rock-solid science published in the Harvard Business Review and MIT Sloan Management Review, this landmark book introduces a new and rigorously tested approach--the Wallet Allocation Rule--that is proven to link to the most important measure of customer loyalty: share of wallet.Companies currently spend billions of dollars each year measuring and managing metrics like customer satisfaction and Net Promoter Score (NPS) to improve customer loyalty. …”

“…In an era when hashtag campaigns like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter capture global attention for victims of injustice, politicians and corporations are now spending billions employing Cambridge Analytica-type consultancies to manufacture disinformation - employing trolls, cyborgs and bots to disrupt dialogue and drown-out dissent. …”