From the Book - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
First Round. Motivation ; A simple idea ; First interlude: Ancient anticipation of the singularity.
The Cybernetic Tempest. Money as seen through one computer scientist's eyes ;The ad hoc construction of mass dignity ; 'Siiren 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
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 Pictures (or, Nuts and Bolts: With 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 indentity ; Inclusion ; The interfact 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?
First appearances of key terms.
pt. II: The cybernetic tempest
3. Money as seen through one computer scientist's eyes
4. The Ad Hoc construction of mass dignity
6. The specter of the perfect investment
7. Some pioneering siren servers
pt. III: How this century might unfold, from two points of view
8. From below: mass unemployment events
9. From above: misusing big data to become ridiculous
pt. IV: Markets, energy landscapes, and narcissism
10. Markets and evergy landscapes
pt. V: The contest to be most meta
13. Coercion on autopilot: specialized network effects
14. Obscuring the human element
16. Complaint is not enough
17. Clout must underlie rights, if rights are to persist
18. First thought, best thought
pt. VIII: The dirty pictures (or, nuts and bolts: what a humanistic alternative might be like)
20. We need to do better than Ad Hoc levees
21. Some first principles
24. How will we earn and spend?
28. The interface to reality
30. A stab at mitigating creepiness
