A timely investigation of the causes of technological and scientific stagnation and a radical blueprint for accelerating innovation.ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10Read this book for the alternative history of our age.ampamp10ampamp10Peter Thiel investor and author of Zero to Oneampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp8220A mustread for those who seek to build the future.ampamp8221ampamp10ampamp10ampamp8212Marc Andreessen cofounder of Netscape and Andreessen Horowitzampamp10ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10From the Moon landing to the dawning of the atomic age the decades prior to the 1970s were characterized by the routine invention of transformative technologies at breakneck speed. By comparison ours is an age of stagnation. Median wage growth has slowed inequality and income concentration are on the rise and scientific research has become increasingly expensive and incremental.ampamp10ampamp10ampamp10Why are we unable to replicate the rate of progress of past decades What can we do to reinvigorate innovationampamp10ampamp10ampamp10In Boom Byrne Hobart and Tobias Huber take an inductive approach to the problem.