Who Owns the Future? (62 page)

political aspect of,
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–10

search engines for,
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;
see also
Google

security of,
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–15,
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–40,
305
–8,
345

surveillance of,
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–2,
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,
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–51,
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,
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–72,
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–9,
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–15,
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–21,
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,
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n,
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–200,
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–7,
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–35,
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,
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, 291,
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–11,
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–24

transparency of,
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–66,
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–6,
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,
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–9,
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,
336

websites on,
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,
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200
,
201
,
343

Internet2,
69

Internet service providers (ISPs),
171
–72

Interstate Highway System,
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–80,
345

“In-valid,”
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inventors,
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–20

investment, financial,
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–67,
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–80,
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–20,
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–85,
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–78,
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Invisible Hand humor,
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IP addresses,
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iPads,
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Iran,
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,
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irony,
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Islam,
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Italy,
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Jacquard programmable looms,
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n

“jailbreaking,”
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Japan,
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,
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Jeopardy,
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Jeremijenko, Natalie,
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jingles,
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jobs,
see
employment

Jobs, Steve,
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,
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n,
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,
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JOBS Act (2012),
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n

journalism,
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Kapital, Das
(Marx),
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Keynesianism,
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–52,
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,
288

Khan Academy,
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Kickstarter,
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–20,
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–87,
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Kindle,
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Kinect,
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n,
265

“Kirk’s Wager,”
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Klout,
365

Kodak,
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,
53

Kottke, Dan,
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KPFA,
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Kurzweil, Ray,
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Kushner, Tony,
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LaBerge, Stephen,
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labor, human,
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–58,
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labor unions,
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Laffer curve,
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–51,
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,
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Las Vegas, Nev.,
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lawyers,
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,
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leadership,
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legacy prices,
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–75,
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legal issues,
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–5,
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Lehman Brothers,
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lemonade stands,
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“lemons,”
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Lennon, John,
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levees, economic,
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n,
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–43,
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–54,
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leveraged mortgages,
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,
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n,
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liberal arts,
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liberalism,
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libertarianism,
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,
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liberty,
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–15,
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–33,
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–92,
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–78,
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licensing agreements,
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–82

“Lifestreams” (Gelernter),
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Lights in the Tunnel, The
(Ford),
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n

Linux,
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litigation,
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–5,
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loans,
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–52,
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local advantages,
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–44,
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Local/Global Flip,
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locked-in software,
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logical copies,
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Long-Term Capital Management,
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looms,
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,
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n,
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loopholes, tax,
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lotteries,
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–39

lucid dreaming,
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Luddites,
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,
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lyres,
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n,
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