Who Owns the Future? (63 page)

machines,
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see also
computers

“Machine Stops, The” (Forster),
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–30,
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,
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machine translations,
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machine vision,
309
–11

McMillen, Keith,
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magic,
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Malthus, Thomas,
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Malthusian humor,
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management,
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manufacturing sector,
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,
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–89,
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,
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market economies,
see
economies, market

marketing,
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–13,
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–67,
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,
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“Markets for Lemons” problem,
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–19

Markoff, John,
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marriage,
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–68,
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–75,
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Marxism,
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–38,
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,
136
–37,
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as humor,
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mash-ups,
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–26,
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Maslow, Abraham,
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
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–97,
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–58,
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mass media,
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–86,
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material extinction,
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materialism,
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n,
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mathematics,
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n,
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n

see also
statistics

Matrix, The,
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,
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,
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Maxwell, James Clerk,
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Maxwell’s Demon,
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–56

mechanicals,
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51
n

Mechanical Turk,
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–78,
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,
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,
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Medicaid,
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medicine,
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–67,
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–106,
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–33,
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–58,
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–67

Meetings with Remarkable Men
(Gurdjieff),
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mega-dossiers,
60

memes,
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Memex,
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n

memories,
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,
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–13,
314

meta-analysis,
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metaphysics,
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,
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,
139
,
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–95

Metcalf’s Law,
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n,
350

Mexico City,
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–62

microfilm,
221
n

microorganisms,
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micropayments,
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,
274
–75,
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–87,
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337
–38,
365

Microsoft,
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,
89
,
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Middle Ages,
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middle class,
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n,
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milling machines,
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mind reading,
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Minority Report,
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Minsky, Marvin,
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–58,
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,
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,
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–31

mission statements,
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–55

Mixed (Augmented) Reality,
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–13,
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,
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mobile phones,
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n,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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n,
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,
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n,
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,
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models, economic,
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–41,
148
–52,
153
,
155
–56

modernity,
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–40,
193
–94,
255

molds,
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monetization,
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,
176
n,
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–43,
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–56,
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–61,
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money,
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–35,
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–85,
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monocultures,
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monopolies,
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–66,
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–74,
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–82,
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–88,
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,
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Moondust,
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n

Moore’s Law,
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–18,
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–75,
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morality,
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–95,
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