Telecosm

The World After Bandwidth Abundance

By: George Gilder

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Paperback | 7 May 2002

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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 our everyday lives; and how savvy investors can get on the bandwagon today.
With his books (including the groundbreaking Microcosm), top-selling newsletter, testimony before Congress, and annual Telecosm conferences, George Gilder has become the premier prophet of bandwidth and connectivity. In this revised version of Telecosm, Gilder takes technology buffs and investors on a mind-bending tour inside the worldwide webs of glass and light, explaining how fiber optics and wireless breakthroughs are pushing new technologies and new companies to the fore.

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"The Economist" Even sceptics would do well to read "Telecosm..."Mr. Gilder's messianic intensity and relentless optimism exert a grip on the reader that never lets go. You may not understand everything in "Telecosm, " but it may change your mind in unexpected ways.
Blair Levin "The Washington Monthly" The book is a masterful, and highly readable, review of the science, technology, and companies that are changing the landscape of communications...Gilder's overview of the emerging landscape is the best I've read.
David Gelernter National Review Over the last decade hundreds of books have investigated this fast-changing landscape-which underlies the future of the Internet, the web, and computers in general, of phones and TV and communication and culture; Gilder's is one of two or three that are indispensable..."Telecosm" is one of the best technology books I have ever read.
Edward Rothstein "The New York Times" If, for some, Mr. Gilder's pronouncements have the weight of Scripture, it is not just because they promise untold this-worldly benefits...Forget the mundane: in the new age, cloaked in wings of light, we Gilderites will dwell in telecosmic utopia.
Newt Gingrich "The Washington Times" George Gilder's new book "Telecosm" will become "must reading" for everyone who wants to know what comes after the computer-Internet revolution.

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Prologue: Abundance and Scarcity	p. 1
New Light	p. 13
Maxwell's Rainbow	p. 15
The Imperial Science	p. 19
Enter the Laser	p. 24
The Light-Speed Limit	p. 31
The New Paradigm	p. 43
The Road to the Fibersphere	p. 45
The Collapse of the Seven Layers	p. 61
The Law of the Telecosm	p. 69
The Wireless New World	p. 82
The Satellite Ethersphere	p. 96
The Coming of Component Software	p. 110
The Storewidth Paradigm	p. 132
Revolt Against Abundance	p. 147
Betting Against Bandwidth	p. 149
Tilting Against Monsters	p. 165
The Triumphal Telecosm	p. 181
The Rise of a Paradigm Star	p. 183
Deluge of Dumb Bandwidth	p. 193
Searching for a New Intel	p. 209
The TeraBeam Era	p. 232
The Meaning of the Light	p. 243
The Lifespan Limit	p. 245
The Point of Light	p. 255
Afterword: Beyond the Telechasm	p. 264
A List of Telecosm Players	p. 274
Nine Stars of the Telecosm	p. 276
The Telecosm Glossary	p. 293
Index	p. 341
Acknowledgments	p. 357
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