Smaller Faster Lighter Denser Cheaper: How Innovation Keeps Proving the Catastrophists Wrong
- ISBN-10
- 1610392051
- ISBN-13
- 9781610392051
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 371
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-05-13
- Publisher
- Public Affairs
- Author
- Robert Bryce
Description
Argues against the modern movement to de-industrialize, re-localize and reduce both consumption and development in order to preserve the planet and instead advocates for advancing innovations and future technologies to improve the world with smaller, faster solutions. 35,000 first printing.
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