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Summary
In his much-anticipated follow-up to Microcosm, George Gilder, one of the world's leading futurologists and technology analysts, offers a guide to the post-computer age of communications, when ultra-high-speed networks of glass and light will change how we work, play, and live.
Author Biography
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
Table of Contents
| Prologue: Abundance and Scarcity | 1 | (12) | |||
| Part One: New Light | 13 | (30) | |||
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15 | (4) | |||
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19 | (5) | |||
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24 | (7) | |||
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31 | (12) | |||
| Part Two: The New Paradigm | 43 | (104) | |||
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45 | (16) | |||
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61 | (8) | |||
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69 | (13) | |||
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82 | (14) | |||
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96 | (14) | |||
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110 | (22) | |||
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132 | (15) | |||
| Part Three: Revolt Against Abundance | 147 | (34) | |||
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149 | (16) | |||
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165 | (16) | |||
| Part Four: The Triumphal Telecosm | 181 | (62) | |||
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183 | (10) | |||
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193 | (16) | |||
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209 | (23) | |||
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232 | (11) | |||
| Part Five: The Meaning of the Light | 243 | (22) | |||
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245 | (11) | |||
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256 | (9) | |||
| Afterword: The Twenty Laws of the Telecosm | 265 | (6) | |||
| Appendix A. A List of Telecosm Players | 271 | (2) | |||
| Appendix B. Nine Stars of the Telecosm | 273 | (16) | |||
| Appendix C. The Telecosm Glossary | 289 | (48) | |||
| Index | 337 | (16) | |||
| Acknowledgments | 353 |
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