Who owns the future?

9781451654974

Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition

xxviii, 411 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-389) and index

Introduction to the Paperback edition
Prelude
Part one, First round. Motivation ; A simple idea
Part two, The cybernetic tempest. Money as seen through one computer scientist's eyes ; The ad hoc construction of mass dignity ; "Siren servers" ; The specter of the perfect investment ; Some pioneering siren servers
Part three, How this century might unfold from two points of view. From below: mass unemployment events ; From above: misusing big data to become ridiculous
Part four, Markets, energy landscapes, and narcissism. Markets and energy landscapes ; Narcissism
Part five, The contest to be most meta. Story lost ; Coercion on autopilot: specialized network effects ; Obscuring the human element ; Story found
Part six, Democracy. Complaint is not enough ; Clout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist
Part seven, Ted Nelson. First thought, best thought
Part eight, The dirty pictures (or, Nuts and bolts: what a humanistic alternative might be like). The project ; We need to do better than ad hoc levees ; Some first principles ; Who will do what? ; Big business ; How will we earn and spend? ; Risk ; Financial identity ; Inclusion ; The interface to reality ; Creepy ; A stab at mitigating creepiness
Part nine, Transition. The transition ; Leadership
Conclusion: what is to be remembered?
Afterword to the Paperback edition

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