Who Owns the Future? (67 page)

singularity,
22
–25,
125
,
215
,
217
,
327
–28,
366
,
367

Singularity University,
193
,
325
,
327
–28

Sirenic Age,
66
n,
354

Siren Servers,
53
–57,
59
,
61
–64,
65
,
66
n,
69
–78,
82
,
91
–99,
114
–19,
143
–48,
154
–56,
166
–89,
191
,
200
,
201
,
203
,
210
n,
216
,
235
,
246
–50,
258
,
259
,
269
,
271
,
272
,
280
,
285
,
289
,
293
–94,
298
,
301
,
302
–3,
307
–10,
314
–23,
326
,
336
–51,
354
,
365
,
366

Siri,
95

skilled labor,
99
–100

Skout,
280
n

Skype,
95
,
129

slavery,
22
,
23
,
33
n

Sleeper,
130

small businesses,
173

smartphones,
34
n,
39
,
162
,
172
,
192
,
269
n,
273

Smith, Adam,
121
,
126

Smolin, Lee,
148
n

social contract,
20
,
49
,
247
,
284
,
288
,
335
,
336

social engineering,
112
–13,
190
–91

socialism,
14
,
128
,
254
,
257
,
341
n

social mobility,
66
,
97
,
292
–94

social networks,
18
,
51
,
56
,
60
,
70
,
81
,
89
,
107
–9,
113
,
114
,
129
,
167
–68,
172
–73,
179
,
180
,
190
,
199
,
200
–201,
202
,
204
,
227
,
241
,
242
–43,
259
,
267
,
269
n,
274
–75,
280
n,
286
,
307
–8,
317
,
336
,
337
,
343
,
349
,
358
,
365
–66

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social safety nets,
10
,
44
,
54
,
202
,
251
,
293

Social Security,
251
,
345

software,
7
,
9
,
11
,
14
,
17
,
68
,
86
,
99
,
100
–101,
128
,
129
,
147
,
154
,
155
,
165
,
172
–73,
177
–78,
182
,
192
,
234
,
236
,
241
–42,
258
,
262
,
273
–74,
283
,
331
,
347
,
357

software-mediated technology,
7
,
11
,
14
,
86
,
100
–101,
165
,
234
,
236
,
258
,
347

South Korea,
133

Soviet Union,
70

“space elevator pitch,”
233
,
342
,
361

space travel,
233
,
266

Spain,
159
–60

spam,
178
,
275
n

spending levels,
287
–88

spirituality,
126
,
211
–17,
325
–31,
364

spreadsheet programs,
230

“spy data tax,”
234
–35

Square,
185

Stalin, Joseph,
125
n

Stanford Research Institute (SRI),
215

Stanford University,
60
,
75
,
90
,
95
,
97
,
101
,
102
,
103
,
162
,
325

Starr, Ringo,
256

Star Trek,
138
,
139
,
230
n

startup companies,
39
,
60
,
69
,
93
–94,
108
n,
124
n,
136
,
179
–89,
265
,
274
n,
279
–80,
309
–10,
326
,
341
,
343
–45,
348
,
352
,
355

starvation,
123

Star Wars,
137

star (winner-take-all) system,
38
–43,
50
,
54
–55,
204
,
243
,
256
–57,
263
,
329
–30

statistics,
11
,
20
,
71
–72,
75
–78,
90
–91,
93
,
110
n,
114
–15,
186
,
192

“stickiness,”
170
,
171

stimulus, economic,
151
–52

stoplights,
90

Strangelove humor,
127

student debt,
92
,
95

“Study
27
,”
160

“Study
36
,”
160

Sumer,
29

supergoop,
85
–89

supernatural phenomena,
55
,
124
–25,
127
,
132
,
192
,
194
–95,
300

supply chain,
70
–72,
174
,
187

Supreme Court, U.S.,
104
–5

surgery,
11
–13,
17
,
18
,
98
,
157
–58,
363

surveillance,
1
–2,
11
,
14
,
50
–51,
64
,
71
–72,
99
,
108
–9,
114
–15,
120
–21,
152
,
177
n,
199
–200,
201
,
206
–7,
234
–35,
246
,
272
,
291
,
305
,
309
–11,
315
,
316
,
317
,
319
–24