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slums decried by
Romer, Paul
Roszak, Theodore
Rothschild, Nathan
Rowe, John
Rowling, J. K.
Saffo, Paul
Sagan, Carl
Sahlins, Marshall
Sale, Kirkpatrick
San Francisco
slums of
Sapiens
clothing of
cooking by
diet of
diverse niches occupied by
early inventions of
grandmother effect and
hominins displaced by
increased longevity of
items traded by
language invented by
megafauna extinctions and
out of Africa migration of
population growth of
sedentism of
tools of
see also
hunter-gatherers
satellites
night photography by
Schachter-Shalomi, Rabbi Zalman
Scheele, Carl
Schwartz, Barry
science
fringe
increase in journal articles of
information compressed by
in progress
simultaneous discoveries in
as structured global knowledge
science fiction
scientific method
scissors
Scott, W. B.
sedentism
self-organization
in exotropy
recurring patterns of
self-replication
Semiconductor Industry
Association
sentience
see also
intelligence
Serenity Prayer
sexual reproduction
Shadow Cities
(Neuwirth)
Shanghai
slums of
Shang-Olmec hypothesis
silicon
similitude, concept
Simon, Julian
Simonton, Dean
singularity
Singularity Is Near, The
(Kurzweil)
size ratios
skeuonyms
slavery
slums
economy of
historical
living conditions in
reasons for migration to
Smart, John
smell, sense of
Smith, John Maynard
solar power
South America
Soviet Union
specialization
in evolution
of tools
speed trend curve
Spike, The
(Broderick)
standards of living
Star Wars
steam power
Steinheil, Karl
Sterling, Bruce
stirrup, invention of
structure
Sturgeon, William
Sunstein, Cass R.
superorganisms
symbiosis
Szathmary, Eors
Talbot, William Henry Fox
Tattersall, Ian
techne
technik
technique
technium, as term
technology:
addiction to
anachronistic
animal structures as
autonomy of
beneficial
collaborative
constraints on
as culture
disembodiment of
early adopters of
God and
green
human betterment and
as human extended body
human symbiosis with
interacting subsets of
long-term trends of
missing
modern centrality of
obsolete
organic behavior of
origin of term
peaking of
personal nonadoption of
remedial
replacement
self-amplification of
self-generation of
self-reinforcing
self-replicating
simple
social changes propelled by
specific
systemic interconnection of
technology, costs of
lost human control in
more technology as solution to
occupational dislocation in
psychological effects in
risk-benefit analysis of
time pressure in
see also
civilization, collapse of; environmental issues
technology, potential dangers of
abuses in
acceleration and
amplification and
appropriate remedies for
collective choice and
conviviality vs.
initially uncertain predictability in
large-scale accidents as
new vs. old
Precautionary Principle for
Proactionary Principle for
prohibition as response to
risks of
second-order effects in
self-replicating technology in
unintended consequences in
vigilance principle for
worst-case scenarios of
technophilia
telegraph
telephones
landline
picture
simultaneous inventions of
as war deterrent
see also
cell phones
Tenner, Edward
termite colonies
Tesla, Nikola
Thomas, Dorothy
Thoreau, Henry David
tools
agricultural
of animals
composite
convivial
customized
of Sapiens
of hunter-gatherers
minds as
specialized
transmitted knowledge of
Tools for Conviviality (Illich)
transistors
transparency
Trewavas, Anthony
Troeng, John
Truman Show, The
Tschermak, Erich
Tuaregs
Turkle, Sherry
Turnbull, Colin
Twister
ubiquity
consequences of
embedded
as long-term trend
saturation point of
uneven diffusion in
unintended consequences of
Unabomber,
see
Kaczynski, Ted
United Nations (UN)
Framework Convention on Climate Change of
world population projections of
United States:
Air Force of
atomic bomb produced by
dematerialized exports of
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of
Indian Wars of
life expectancy in
Office for Technology Assessment of
population growth of
railroads in
space shuttle of
State of the Union addresses in
universal standards
universe
big bang of
diversity of
dominant eras of
Einstein's relativity theories of
elements in
energy density in
expansion of
fundamental forces of
galaxies in
Goldilocks zones of
laws of physics in
quantum nature of
size scale of
urban homesteading
urbanization,
see
cities
Uroboros
utopianism
vaccines
Valery, Paul
Varian, Hal
Verne, Jules
Viagra
videophones
vigilance principle
vision:
binocular
color
Vital Dust
(de Duve)
von Foerster, Heinz
von Neumann, John
Wald, George
Walker, Jay
Walker, John
Walker Digital Labs
Wallace, Alfred Russel
War Before Civilization
(Keeley)
warfare
death rates in
Greek
predicted deterrents of
tribal
waterwheels
Weart, Spencer
Webster, Donovan
West, Geoffrey
whales
Wharton School
Wheatstone, Charles
White, Lynn
White Album, The
(Didion)
Whittaker, John
Whole Earth Catalog
Whole Earth Discipline
(Brand)
Why Things Bite Back
(Tenner)
Wien, Wilhelm
Willow Garage
Wilson, E. O.
Winner, Langdon
Wired
Wonderful Life
(Gould)
World Bank
world brain
World War II,
Wright, Orville
Wright, Robert
writing
Yamana tribe
Yolen, Jane
Zerzan, John
Zulus
Zuse, Konrad
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