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It traces how technological breakthroughs—from early industry to computing, communications, education, medicine, and food production—create more abundant living standards. The discussion also examines energy and climate policy choices, critiques energy shortfall claims, and defends smarter paths such as nuclear power within a global smaller-faster future.","[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nSMALLER FASTER LIGHTER DENSER CHEAPER  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCopyright © 2014 by Robert Bryce.  \nPublished in the United States by PublicAffairs™, a Member of the Perseus Books Group All rights reserved.  \nNo part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10107.  \nPublicAffairs books are available at special discounts for bulk purchases in the US by corporations, institutions, and other organizations. For more information, please contact the Special Markets Department at the Perseus Books Group, 2300 Chestnut Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, call (800) 810-4145, ext. 5000, or e-mail [special.markets@perseusbooks.com](special.markets@perseusbooks.com).  \nBook design by Jack Lenzo  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bryce, Robert.  \nSmaller faster lighter denser cheaper : how innovation keeps proving the catastrophists wrong / Robert Bryce.  \npages cm  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \nISBN 978-1-61039-206-8 (e-book)  \n1. Technological innovations—Popular works. I. Title.  \nT173 .8.B76 2014 338'.064—dc23  \n2013049381  \nFirst Edition  \n10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor my mother, Ann Mahoney Bryce  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nCONTENTS  \nList of Graphics, Tables, and Photos  \nAuthor ’s Note  \nIntroduction: Moving Beyond “Collapse Anxiety”  \nPART I The Push for Innovation, Its Consequences, and the Degrowth  \nAgenda  \n1 Panama: Digging a Faster Cheaper Way to Travel  \n2 The Trend Toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper  \nThe Brain  \nThe Printing Press The Vacuum Tube The AK-47  \nThe Haber-Bosch Process  \nThe Diesel and the Jet Turbine  \nThe Telescope and Microscope  \nThe Pearl Street Power Plant  \nThe Roller-Cone Drill Bit  \nDigital Communications  \n3 Never Have So Many Lived So Well  \n4 Back to the Past: The Push for “Degrowth”  \nSIDEBAR: Bill McKibben’s Energy-Starvation Plan  \nPART II Our Attosecond World: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going, and the Companies Leading the Way  \n5 Angstroms and Attoseconds  \n6 How Our Quest for Faster Drives Innovation  \n7 Faster Lighter Doper SIDEBAR: Tour de Doper  \n8 The Engines of the Economy  \nSMALLER FASTER INC.: Ford Motor Company  \n9 From ENIAC to iCloud: Smaller Faster Computing SIDEBAR: The Incredible Shrinking Circuit SIDEBAR: “Green” Computing Can’t Power the Cloud SMALLER FASTER INC.: Intel  \n10 From LP to iPod  \n11 From Kublai Khan to M-PESA  \nSMALLER FASTER INC.: Safaricom  \n12 Density and the Wealth of Cities  \n13 Denser Cheaper Food Production  \n14 The Faster the Bits, the Freer the People SIDEBAR: Smaller Lighter Cheaper Phones  \n15 From Monks to MOOCs: Faster Cheaper Education  \n16 Smaller Faster Cheaper Medicine PART III The Need for Cheaper Energy  \n17 The Faster the (Drill) Bits, the Cheaper the Energy SIDEBAR: We’re Running Out of Oil . . .  \n18 The Tyranny of Density  \nSMALLER FASTER INC.: Clean Energy Systems  \n19 Smaller Faster and the Coal Question SIDEBAR: India Is Not Going “Beyond 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Digging a Faster Cheaper Way to Travel\n## 2 The Trend Toward Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper\n## 3 Never Have So Many Lived So Well\n## 4 Back to the Past: The Push for “Degrowth”\n# PART II Our Attosecond World: How We Got Here, Where We’re Going, and the Companies Leading the Way\n## 5 Angstroms and Attoseconds\n## 6 How Our Quest for Faster Drives Innovation\n## 7 Faster Lighter Doper\n## 8 The Engines of the Economy\n## 9 From ENIAC to iCloud: Smaller Faster Computing\n## 10 From LP to iPod\n## 11 From Kublai Khan to M-PESA\n## 12 Density and the Wealth of Cities\n## 13 Denser Cheaper Food Production\n## 14 The Faster the Bits, the Freer the People\n## 15 From Monks to MOOCs: Faster Cheaper Education\n## 16 Smaller Faster Cheaper Medicine\n# PART III The Need for Cheaper Energy\n## 17 The Faster the (Drill) Bits, the Cheaper the Energy\n## 18 The Tyranny of Density\n## 19 Smaller Faster and the Coal Question\n# PART IV Embracing Our Smaller Faster Future\n## 20 Getting 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