Who Owns the Future? (53 page)

avatar cameras,
265

avatars,
89
n,
265
,
283
–85

baby boomers,
97
–100,
339
,
346

bailouts, financial,
45
,
52
,
60
,
74
–75,
82

Baird-Murray, Kathleen,
200
n

“Ballad of John Henry, The,”
134
–35

bandwidth,
171
–72

banking,
32
–33,
42
,
43
,
69
,
76
–78,
151
–52,
251
,
269
n,
289
,
345
–46

bankruptcy,
2
,
89
,
251

bargains,
64
–65,
95
–96

Barlow, John Perry,
353

Barnes & Noble,
62
n,
182

barter system,
20
,
57

Battlestar Galactica,
137
,
138
n

“beach fantasy,”
12
–13,
18
,
236
–37,
331
,
366
–67

Beatles,
211
,
212
,
213

behavior models,
32
,
121
,
131
,
173
–74,
286
–87

behavior modification,
173
–74

Belarus,
136

belief systems,
139
–40

Bell, Gordon,
313

bell curve distribution,
39
,
39
–45,
204
,
208
,
262
,
291
–93

Bell Labs,
94

Bentham, Jeremy,
308
n

Berners-Lee, Tim,
230

Bezos, Jeff,
352

big business,
265
–67,
297
–98

big data,
107
–40,
150
,
151
–52,
155
,
179
,
189
,
191
–92,
202
–4,
265
–66,
297
–98,
305
,
346
,
366
,
367

big money,
202
–4,
265
–67

billboards,
170
,
267
,
310

billing,
171
–72,
184
–85

Bing,
181
–82

biodiversity,
146
–47

biological realism,
253
–54

biotechnology,
11
–13,
17
,
18
,
109
–10,
162
,
330
–31

Bitcoin,
34
n

BitTorrent,
223

blackmail,
61
,
172
–73,
207
,
273
,
314
,
316
,
322

Black Monday,
74

blogs,
118
n,
120
,
225
,
245
,
259
,
349
,
350

books,
1
–2,
62
,
63
,
65
,
113
,
182
,
192
,
193
,
246
–47,
277
–78,
281
,
347
,
352
–60

bots,
62
,
63
,
64
,
147
–48

brain function,
195
–96,
260
,
328

brain scans,
111
–12,
218
,
367

Brand, Stewart,
214

brand advertising,
267

Brandeis, Louis,
25
,
208

Brazil,
54

Brooks, David,
326

Burma,
200
n

Burning Man,
132

Bush, George H. W.,
149

Bush, Vannevar,
221
n

business data,
112
–13,
150
,
189

business plans,
107
–8,
117
–20,
154
,
169
–74,
175
,
236
,
258
,
301
–2,
344
–45

cached data mirrors,
223

Cage, John,
212

California, University of, at Berkeley,
104
,
107
–8,
111
,
172

call centers,
177
n

Caltech,
94
,
184

Cambridge, Mass.,
157
–58

cameras,
2
,
10
,
89
,
265
,
309
–11,
319

capital flows,
37
,
43
–45,
47
,
49
,
201
,
329
,
355
–56

capitalism,
11
,
16
–17,
20
,
43
–46,
47
,
49
,
66
–67,
79
,
208
,
243
,
246
–48,
258
,
260
–63,
272
,
273
n,
277
,
329

capital resources,
86

“captured” populations,
170
–71

carbon credits,
87
,
88
,
298
–99,
300
,
301
–3,
314

cartels,
158

Catholic Church,
190

cell phones,
34
n,
39
,
85
,
87
,
162
,
172
,
182
n,
192
,
229
,
269
n,
273
,
314
,
315
,
331

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA),
199
–200

chance,
23
n

change acceleration,
10
,
21
,
130
–33,
136
,
193
–95,
217

chaos,
165
–66,
273
n,
331

cheating,
120
,
335

Chicago, Ill.,
47

China,
54
,
70
,
85
,
87
,
199
,
200
,
201
,
208

Christianity,
190
,
193
–94,
293

Christian Science,
293

civility,
293
–94

civilization,
123
,
255
,
300
,
311
,
336

civil liberties,
317
–24

classified ads,
177
n

click-through counts,
183
,
286
,
347

clothing,
89
,
260
,
367