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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher W W Norton & Co Inc
Publication date July 1, 1994
Binding Paperback
Edition Revised
Book category Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13 9780393311587
ISBN-10 0393311589
Dimensions 0.60 by 5.50 by 8.25 in.
Weight 0.55 lbs.
Original list price $19.95
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A look at television as a dying technology describes how government restrictions may hinder American companies from realizing their potential at the forefront of telecomputer development
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“In Life After Television, George Gilder imagines a world in which the boob tube has given way to the living room telecomputer. . . . Mr. Gilder’s case is galvanic, at times even intoxicating.” ―Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal

In his visionary new book George Gilder brilliantly and persuasively outlines the sweeping new developments in computer and fiber optic technology that spell certain death to traditional television and telephony. In their places, he argues, will emerge a new paradigm in which people-to-people communications give way to links among computers to be found in every home and office. The rise of the telecomputer (or “teleputer”) will utterly transform the way we do business, educate our children, and spend our leisure time, and will imperil such large, centralized, top-down organizations as cable networks, phone companies, government bureaucracies, and multinational corporations.

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Hardcover
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1 edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 1, 1994)
9780393033854 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $14.95
About: A look at television as a dying technology describes how government restrictions may hinder American companies from realizing their potential at the forefront of telecomputer development
Paperback
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Revised edition from W W Norton & Co Inc (July 1, 1994)
9780393311587 | details & prices | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.60 in. | 0.55 lbs | List price $19.95
About: A look at television as a dying technology describes how government restrictions may hinder American companies from realizing their potential at the forefront of telecomputer development
Cassette/Spoken Word
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from Blackstone Audio Inc (August 1, 1997)
9780786104918 | details & prices | 7.00 × 10.00 × 1.25 in. | 0.70 lbs | List price $17.95
About: Television has long been identified as a dead hand on culture; but George Gilder suggests here that this centralized, authoritarian institution is also a dying technology and that the telecomputer - a powerful interactive system that will affect all aspects of life, from education to business to leisure time - will replace it.

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