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The Elements of Innovation

George Gilder (Chairman, Gilder Publishing, LLC) talks of how, despite all the dismal reports and rumors you encounter about the state of the economy and the state of American technology, 2008 is the time of the Telecosm’s fulfillment.

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A New Road Ahead

A “New Road Ahead” by Bob Bernard, Chief Environmental Strategist at Microsoft, presented at the Beyond Oil conference in 2008. With Steve Marshall, Senior Fellow for Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center.

When Moore Meets Metcalfe

“Profits go to the supplier of the missing element that completes a system.”—Peter Drucker For investors who know that human-caused global warming is hokum, as proved by the new book The Deniers by Lawrence Solomon, this is a supreme moment of contrarian upside promise. Solomon shows that hundreds of the most prestigious and knowledgeable scientists in the field, from paramount Read More ›

The State of the Global Telecosm

This article, published by Technology Review, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Gilder hadn’t just hit on the coming thing in exquisitely timely fashion, it turned out; he learned so much about the actual technologies that the experts took him seriously. The rest of the article can be found here.

The State of the Global Telecosm

This article, published by Technology Review, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder: Gilder hadn’t just hit on the coming thing in exquisitely timely fashion, it turned out; he learned so much about the actual technologies that the experts took him seriously. The rest of the article can be found here.

Data Tidal Wave?

This article, published by the Philadelphia Inquirer, mentions Discovery Institute Senior Fellow George Gilder and Bret Swanson of Discovery Institute: Bret Swanson and George Gilder of the Discovery Institute, a nonpartisan public-policy think tank based in Seattle, project the Internet will grow by 50 times by 2015. Swanson estimated that network operators will have to spend $100 billion in the Read More ›

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Strangling Deregulation

Before the Federal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter of Petition To Establish ProceduralRequirements To Govern Proceedings forForbearance Under Section 10 of theCommunications Act of 1934, as Amended   ))))) WC Docket No. 07-267 COMMENTS OF HANCE HANEYDIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW – TECHNOLOGY & DEMOCRACY PROJECTDISCOVERY INSTITUTE The Petition filed by Covad Communications Group, NuVox Communications, XO Communications, LLC, Cavalier Read More ›

Regulation Inflates Broadband Prices

Before theFederal Communications CommissionWashington, D.C. 20554 In the Matter ofImplementation of Section 224 of the Act;Amendment of the Commission’s Rules andPolicies Governing Pole Attachments ))))))) WC Docket No. 07-245RM-11293RM-11303 COMMENTS OF HANCE HANEYDIRECTOR & SENIOR FELLOW – TECHNOLOGY & DEMOCRACY PROJECTDISCOVERY INSTITUTEThe Commission is obviously on solid ground with its tentative conclusion that the “critical need to create even-handed treatment Read More ›