唯有自由才是活力的根本。1993年,一次拜访位于加州圣迭戈市北部的高通公司的经历,几乎改变了乔治·吉尔德的命运。成立于1985年的高通从一开始就站在了当时无线通信领域的反面。这家公司致力于新型通信技术的研究,而使用的方法是和让物理学界感到无法理解的CDMA技术。一些颇有名望的工程师和大学教授甚至恶毒地咒骂,高通在制造一场骗局。还在《福布斯》任编辑的吉尔德决定带着 Only freedom is the essence of vitality. In 1993, an interview with Qualcomm in northern San Diego, California experienced almost changed the fate of George Gilder. Qualcomm, founded in 1985, stood at the back of wireless communications from the start. The company is devoted to the research of new communication technologies, using the CDMA technology that the physics community felt incomprehensible. Some reputable engineers and university professors curse even viciously, and Qualcomm is creating a scam. Gilder, who is still on Forbes’s editorial, takes the decision