Who Owns the Future? (59 page)

Friendster,
180
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181

Fukuyama, Francis,
165
,
189

fundamentalism,
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193
–94

future:

chaos in,
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–66,
273
n,
331

economic analysis of,
1
–3,
15
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22
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37
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38
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40
–41,
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67
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122
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143
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–52,
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155
–56,
204
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209
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236
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259
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274
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288
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298
–99,
311
,
362
n,
363

humanistic economy for,
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,
209
,
233
–351
361
–367

“humors” of,
124
–40,
230

modern conception of,
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–40,
193
–94,
255

natural basis of,
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,
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,
128
–29

optimism about,
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–35,
45
,
130
,
138
–40,
218
,
230
n,
295

politics of,
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–18,
22
–25,
85
,
122
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124
–26,
128
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134
–37,
199
–234,
295
–96,
342

technological trends in,
7
–18,
21
,
53
–54,
60
–61,
66
–67,
85
–86,
87
,
97
–98,
129
–38,
157
–58,
182
,
188
–90,
193
–96,
217

utopian conception of,
13
–18,
21
,
30
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31
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37
–38,
45
–46,
96
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128
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130
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308
–9,
316

future-oriented money,
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–34,
35

Gadget,
186

Gallant, Jack,
111
–12

games,
362
,
363

Gates, Bill,
93

Gattaca,
130

Gawker,
118
n

Gelernter, David,
313

“general” machines,
158

General Motors,
56
–57

general relativity theory,
167
n

Generation X,
346

genetic engineering,
130

genetics,
109
–10,
130
,
131
,
146
–47,
329
,
366

genomics,
109
–10,
146
–47,
366

Germany,
45

Ghostery,
109

ghost suburbs,
296

Gibson, William,
137
,
309

Gizmodo,
117
–18

Global Business Network (GBN),
214
–15

global climate change,
17
,
32
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53
,
132
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133
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134
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203
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266
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295
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296
–97,
301
–2,
331

global economy,
33
n,
153
–56,
173
,
201
,
214
–15,
280

global village,
201

God,
29
,
30
–31,
139

Golden Goblet,
121
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121
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175
,
328

golden rule,
335
–36

gold standard,
34

Google,
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15
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19
,
69
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74
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–76,
90
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94
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106
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128
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–82,
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,
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n,
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309
–10,
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330
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344
,
348
,
352

Google Goggles,
309
–10

Googleplex,
199
–200

goops,
85
–89,
99

Gore, Al,
80
n

Graeber, David,
30
n

granularity,
277

graph-shaped networks,
241
,
242
–43

Great Britain,
200

Great Depression,
69
–70,
75
,
135
,
299

Great Recession,
31
,
54
,
60
,
76
–77,
204
,
311
,
336
–37

Greece,
22
–25,
45
,
125

Grigorov, Mario,
267

guitars,
154

guns,
310
–11

Gurdjieff, George,
215
,
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gurus,
211
–13

hackers,
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,
82
,
265
,
306
–7,
345
–46

Hardin, Garrett,
66
n

Hartmann, Thom,
33
n

Hayek, Friedrich,
204

health care,
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–67,
95
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98
–99,
100
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–33,
153
–54,
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253
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258
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346

health insurance,
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–67,
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100
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153
–54

Hearts and Minds,
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n

heart surgery,
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–13,
17
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18
,
157
–58

heat,
56

hedge funds,
69
,
106
,
137

Hephaestus,
22
,
23

high-dimensional problems,
145