TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lanier,Jaron
TI  - Who owns the future?
SN  - 1451654960 (hardcover)
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Simon & Schuster
KW  - Economics
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Technological innovations
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Motivation -- A simple idea -- Money as seen through the one computer scientist's eyes -- The ad hoc construction of mass dignity -- "Siren servers" -- The specter of the perfect investment -- Some pioneering siren servers -- From below: mass unemployment events -- From above: misusing big data to become ridiculous -- Markets and energy landscapes -- Narcissism -- Story lost -- Coercion on autopilot: specialized network effects -- Obscuring the human element -- Story found -- Complaint is not enough -- Clout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist -- First thought, best thought -- 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 -- The transition -- Leadership
N2  - Evaluates 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
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