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Smaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong / Robert Bryce.

by Bryce, Robert, 1960-

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PublicAffairs, [2014]

Technological innovations.

Diffusion of innovations.

Social problems.

9781610392051 (hc.)

1610392051 (hc.)

9781610392068 (e-book) \

9781610392068 (e-book)

xxvi, 371 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In the face of today’s environmental and economic challenges, doomsayers preach that the only way to stave off disaster is for humans to reverse course: to de-industrialize, re-localize, ban the use of modern energy sources and forswear prosperity. But in this provocative and optimistic rebuke to the catastrophists, Robert Bryce shows how innovation and the inexorable human desire to make things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper is providing consumers with Cheaper and more abundant energy, Faster computing, Lighter vehicles, and a myriad of other goods. That same desire is fostering unprecedented prosperity, greater liberty, and yes, better environmental protection. Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper demonstrates that the tools we need to save the planet aren’t to be found in the technologies or lifestyles of the past. Nor must we sacrifice prosperity and human progress to ensure our survival. The catastrophists have been wrong since the days of Thomas Malthus. It’s time to ignore the fearmongers. It’s time to embrace the innovators and businesses all over the world who are making things Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper because, well, that’s what we humans do."--From publisher.

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