ABSTRACT
The history of the transformative process of hardware technology development is compellingly chronicled in George Gilder’s
Microcosm: The Quantum Revolution in Economics and Technology.
Gilder, an accomplished writer on economics and a Harvard Fellow, published
Microcosm
to generally rave reviews for its breadth of grasp of the sweep of the technological revolution
of the twentieth century-the book appearing in 1989, just as things approached the cusp of commercial realization of “better, faster, cheaper.” I take liberty in citing from
Microcosm,
as Gilder has not only the grasp, but the sense of the dramatic in his depiction.
