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The guru of high technology and a man whose “slightest utterance can move stocks” (“The Wall Street Journal”) presents a clear, cogent vision of the future of telecommunications, what it will mean in readers everyday lives, and how savvy investors can get on the bandwagon today. George Gilder publishes the Gilder Technology Report, a monthly newsletter, and is a Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute, where he directs the program on high technology and public policy. He is a founder and contributor to ForbesASAP, a contributing editor of Forbes magazine, and a frequent writer for The Economist, Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, and other publications. His previous books include Microcosm and Wealth and Poverty. He lives in Tyringham, Massachusetts. Contents Prologue: Abundance and Scarcity Part One: New Light 1. Maxwell’s Rainbow 2. The Imperial Science 3. Enter the Laser 4. The Light-Speed Limit Part Two: The New Paradigm 5. The Road to the Fibersphere 6. The Collapse of the Seven Layers 7. The Law of the Telecosm 8. The Wireless New World 9. The Satellite Ethersphere 10. The Coming of Component Software 11. The Storewidth Paradigm Part Three: Revolt Against Abundance 12. Betting Against Bandwidth 13. Tilting Against Monsters Part Four: The Triumphal Telecosm 14. The Rise of a Paradigm Star 15. Deluge of Dumb Bandwidth 16. Searching for a New Intel 17. The TeraBeam Era Part Five: The Meaning of the Light 18. The Lifespan Limit 19. The Point of Light Afterword: The Twenty Laws of the Telecosm Appendix A. A List of Telecosm Players Appendix B. Nine Stars of the Telecosm Appendix C. The Telecosm Glossary Acknowledgements Index
