دانلود کتاب Who owns the future?

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. First round. Motivation. A simple idea ; First interlude : ancient anticipation of the singularity --The cybernetic tempest. 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 ; Second interlude (a parody : if life gives you EULAs, make lemonade --How this century might unfold, from two points of view. From below : mass unemployment events ; From above : misusing big data to become ridiculous ; Third interlude : modernity conceives the future --Markets, energy landscapes, and narcissism. Markets and energy landscapes ; Narcissism ; Fourth interlude : limits are for muggles --The contest to be most meta. Story lost ; Coercion on autopilot : specialized network effects ; Obscuring the human element ; Story found ; Fifth interlude : the wise old man in the clouds --Democracy. Complaint is not enough ; Clout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist ; Sixth interlude : the pocket protector in the saffron robe --Ted Nelson. First thought, best thought --The dirty picture (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 ; Seventh interlude : limits are for mortals --Transition. The transition ; Leadership ; Eighth interlude : the fate of books --What is to be remembered?