Who Owns the Future? (68 page)

Surviving Progress,
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sustainable economies,
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–37,
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Sutherland, Ivan,
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swarms,
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synthesizers,
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synthetic biology,
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tablets,
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Tahrir Square,
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Tamagotchis,
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target ads,
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taxation,
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taxis,
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Teamsters,
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TechCrunch,
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tech fixes,
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technical schools,
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technologists (“techies”),
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technology:

author’s experience in,
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bio-,
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chaos and,
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n,
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collusion in,
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complexity of,
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costs of,
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n,
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creepiness of,
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cultural impact of,
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135
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development and emergence of,
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digital,
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economic impact of,
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educational,
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efficiency of,
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employment in,
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engineering for,
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essential vs. worthless,
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failure of,
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fear of (technophobia),
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freedom as issue in,
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government influence in,
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human agency and,
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ideas for,
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industrial,
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information,
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investment in,
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limitations of,
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