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100 1 $aLanier, Jaron.
245 10 $aWho owns the future? /$cJaron Lanier.
250 $aFirst Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2013.
300 $axvi, 396 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 371-375) and index.
505 00 $tHello, hero ;$tTerms --$gpt. 1.$gFirst round.$g1.$tMotivation :$tThe problem in brief ;$tPut up or shut up ;$tMoore's Law changes the way people are valued ;$tEssential but worthless ;$tThe beach at the edge of Moore's Law ;$tThe price of heaven ;$tThe problem is not the technology, but the way we think about the technology ;$tSaving the winners from themselves ;$tProgress is compulsory ;$tProgress is never free of politics ;$tBack to the beach --$g2.$tA simple idea : Just blurt the idea out ;$tA simple example ;$tBig talk, I know --$gFirst interlude:$tAncient anticipation of the singularity :$tAristotle frets ;$tDo people deserve to be paid if they aren't miserable? ;$tThe plot --
505 00 $gpt. 2.$tThe cybernetic tempest.$g3.$tMoney as seen through one computer scientist's eyes :$tMoney, God, and the old technology of forgetting ;$tThe information technology of optimism --$g4.$tThe ad hoc construction of mass dignity :$tAre middle classes natural? ;$tTwo familiar distributions ;$tTweaks to network design can change distributions of outcomes ;$tLetting bell curves be bell curves ;$tStar systems starve themselves, bell curves renew themselves ;$tAn artificial bell curve made of levees ;$tThe senseless ideal of a perfectly pure market ;$tIncome is different from wealth ;$tThe taste of politics ;$tDrove my Chevy to the levee but the levee was dry ;$tHow is music like a mortgage? --$g5.$t"Siren Servers" :$tThere can't be complexity without ambiguity ;$tA first pass at a definition ;$tWhere sirens beckon --$g6.$tThe specter of the perfect investment :$tOur free lunch ;$tCandy ;$tRadiant risk ;$tYou can't see as much of the server as it can see of you ;$tWaiting for Robin Hood ;$tFrom autocollate to autocollude ;$tRupture --$g7.$tSome pioneering Siren Servers :$tMy little window ;$tWal-Mart considered as software ;$tFrom the supply chain's point of view ;$tFrom the customer's point of view ;$tFinancial Siren Servers --$gSecond interlude (a parody):$tIf life gives you EULAs, make lemonade --
505 00 $gpt. 3.$tHow this century might unfold, from two points of view.$g8.$tFrom below: mass unemployment events :$tWill there be manufacturing jobs? ;$tNapsterizing the teamsters ;$tFlattening the city on a hill ;$tFactoring the city on a hill ;$tEducation in the abstract is not enough ;$tThe robotic bedpan ;$tA pharma fable that might unfold later in this century --$g9.$tFrom above: misusing big data to become ridiculous :$tThree nerds walk into a bar ;$tYour lack of privacy is someone else's wealth ;$tBig data in science ;$tA method in waiting ;$tWise or feared? ;$tThe nature of big data defies intuition ;$tThe problem with magic ;$tGame on ;$tThe kicker ;$tThe nature of our confusion ;$tThe most elite nai vete --$gThird interlude:$tModernity conceives the future :$tMapping out where the conversation can go ;$tNine dismal humors of futurism, and a hopeful one ;$tMeaning as nostalgia ;$tCan we handle our own power? ;$tThe first high-tech writer ;$tMeaning in struggle ;$tPractical optimism --
505 00 $gpt. 4.$tMarkets, energy landscapes, and narcissism.$g10.$tMarkets and energy landscapes :$tThe technology of ambient cheating ;$tImaginary landscapes in the clouds ;$tMarkets as landscapes ;$tExperimentalism and popular perception ;$tKeynes considered as a big data pioneer --$g11.$tNarcissim :$tThe insanity of the local/global flip ;$tSiren Servers think the world is all about them --$gFourth interlude:$tLimits are for muggles :$tThe endless conversation about the heart cartel ;$tThe deadly risk of not being a shapeshifter ;$tThe first musical "any" ;$tClimb any "any" --
505 00 $gpt. 5.$tThe contest to be most meta.$g12.$tStory lost :$tNot all is chaos ;$tThe conservation of free will --$g13.$tCoercion on autopilot: specialized network effects :$tRewarding and punishing network effects ;$tFor every carrot a stick ;$tDenial of service ;$tArm's-length blackmail ;$tWho's the customer and who are all those other people? --$g14.$tObscuring the human element :$tNoticing the new order ;$tWho orders the data? ;$tThe human shell game --$g15.$tStory found :$tThe first act is autocatalytic ;$tSince you asked ;$tWhy the networked world seems chaotic ;$tWhen are Siren Servers monopolies? ;$tFree rise ;$tMake others pay for entropy ;$tBills are boring ;$tCoattails ;$tThe closing act ;$tStories are nothing without ideas --$gFifth interlude:$tThe wise old man in the clouds :$tThe limits of emergence as an explanation ;$tThe global triumph of Turing's humor ;$tDigital and pre-digital theocracy ;$tWhat is experience? --
505 00 $gpt. 6.$tDemocracy.$g16.$tComplaint is not enough :$tGovernments are learning the tricks of Siren Servers ;$tAlienating the global village ;$tElectoral Siren Servers ;$tMaybe the way we complain is part of the problem --$g17.$tClout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist :$tMelodramas are tenacious ;$tEmphasizing the middle class is in the interests of everyone ;$tA better peak waiting to be discovered --$gSixth interlude:$tThe pocket protector in the saffron robe :$tThe most ancient marketing ;$tMonks and nerds (or, chip monks) ;$tIt's all about I ;$t"Abundance" evolves ;$tChildhood and apocalypse --
505 00 $gpt. 7.$tTed Nelson.$g18.$tFirst thought, best thought :$tFirst thought ;$tBest thought ;$tThe right to mash-up is not the same as the right to copy ;$tTwo-way links ;$tWhy isn't Ted better known? --
505 00 $gpt. 8.$tThe dirty pictures (or, Nuts and bolts: what a humanistic alternative might be like).$g19.$tThe project :$tYou can't tweet this ;$tA less ambitious approach to be discouraged ;$tA sustainable information economy ;$tA better beach --$g20.$tWe need to do better than ad hoc levees :$tKeep it smooth ;$tNot enough money grows on trees --$g21.$tSome first principles :$tProvenance ;$tCommercial symmetry ;$tOnly first-class citizens ;$tEschewing zombie Siren Servers ;$tOnly first-class identity --$g22.$tWho will do what? :$tBiological realism ;$tThe psychology of deserving ;$tBut will there be enough value from people? ;$tA question that really isn't that hard to answer ;$tNothing more to offer? ;$tTo the dead their due --$g23.$tBig business :$tWhat will big companies do? ;$tThe role of advertising --$g24.$tHow will we earn and spend? :$tWhen will decisions be made? ;$tDynamic value ;$tEarning a little money by living well or interestingly --$g25.$tRisk :$tThe cost of risk ;$tRisk never really goes away ;$tPuddle, lake, or ocean? --$g26.$tFinancial identity :$tEconomic avatars ;$tEconomic avatars as an improvement on the forgetfulness of cash ;$tInterpersonal economic symmetry through theatrics ;$tEconomic network neutrality ;$tSymmetry as a disincentive to game the system ;$tFaith and credit ;$tTax --$g27.$tInclusion :$tThe lower half of the curve ;$tThe lowly tail of the curve ;$tWealth and civility --$g28.$tThe interface to reality :$tHow great are our powers? ;$tWaiting for technology waiting for politics ;$tWhat can we do about big data and the reality problem? ;$tCarbon copies ruin carbon credits ;$tHow fighting "fraud" might also fight "scams" ;$tFeeding the frenetic mind of the networked person ;$tIt's all in the timing --$tThe treachery of toys --$g29.$tCreepy :$tThree pervasive creepy conundrums ;$tA hacker's paradise ;$tCreepiness thrives on the quest for utopia ;$tOnce upon a time I hoped to wish paranoia away ;$tThe 'Net is watching ;$tSome good reasons to be tracked by the Cloud ;$tThe creepiness is not in the tech, but in the power we grant to Siren Servers ;$tMaslow's pyramid of blackmail ;$tThe weird logic of extreme creepiness --$g30.$tA stab at mitigating creepiness :$tCommercial rights scale online where civil rights don't ;$tCommercial rights are actionable ;$tThe ideal price of information equals the minimization of creepiness ;$tIndividual players will also be motivated to set prices to minimize creepiness --$gSeventh interlude:$tLimits are for mortals :$tFrom social network to immortality ;$tSupernatural temptations in tech culture ;$tJust for the record, why I make fun of the university ;$tWill the control of death be a conversation or a conflagration? ;$tThe two tiers of immortality planned for this century --
505 00 $gpt. 9.$tTransition.$g31.$tThe transition :$tCan there be a digital golden rule? ;$tThe miracle's gauntlet ;$tAvatars and credit ;$tThe price of antenimbosia --$g32.$tLeadership :$tAudition for the lead ;$tA thousand geeks ;$tStartups ;$tTraditional governments, central banks, etc. ;$tMultiplicities of Siren Servers ;$tFacebook or similar ;$tConfederacies of just a few giant Siren Servers --$gEighth interlude:$tThe fate of books :$tBooks inspire maniacal scheming ;$tAn author's experience of a book ;$tIt's not about paper versus ebooks ;$tThe book as Silicon Valley would have it ;$tWhat is it about a book that is worth saving? --$tConclusion: What is to be remembered? :$tAll this, just for the whiff of possibility ;$tThe economics of the future is user interface design ;$tThe tease of the tease ;$tKnow your poison ;$tIs there a test for whether an information economy is humanistic? ;$tBack to the beach --$tAppendix: First appearances of key terms.
520 $aEvaluates the negative impact of digital network technologies on the economy and particularly the middle class, citing challenges to employment and personal wealth while exploring the potential of a new information economy.
650 0 $aInformation technology$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aTechnological innovations$xEconomic aspects.
650 0 $aEconomics.
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