The Future of Almost Everything, page 35
skin 82
testicular 95
use of mobile phones and 35
cannabis 157, 158
car insurance 204–5
car ownership 203–4, 278
car trains 206
carbon 234, 235–6, 236–7, 238, 244, 245, 248, 254, 255, 256, 257
capture 247
credits 245, 255
footprint 248
price of 239, 245
rationing 256–7
taxes 234, 235, 256, 257, 262
trading 245
cardboard 256–7
carers 84, 89, 284
Carrefour 183
cars 182, 184, 201, 203, 203, 239, 241, 243, 245, 249
automated 205–206
driverless 37, 44, 206
electric 203
flying 207
networked 45, 204, 205
self-diagnosing 204
self-driving 206
self-parking 167
self-repairing 204
semi-automated 205
cartels 158, 162
cash 8, 12, 17, 23, 24, 73, 138, 187, 188, 191, 239, 266, 278, 291, 292, 302
virtual 191
Caspian Sea 6, 252
caste system 174–5
cataracts 82
Cencosud 186
censorship 170, 293; see also web censorship
Central African Republic 308
central banks 24, 27, 223
Centre for Strategic and International Studies 52
CFM 202
change, reaction against 18
charcoal 257
chemotherapy 91
child abuse 14, 150, 151, 305
childcare 148
child labour 13, 186, 289–90, 312
child poverty 284
child protection 149
children 11, 34, 41, 44, 60, 66, 73, 74, 76, 78, 84, 90, 95, 97, 101, 111, 116, 131, 133, 137, 138, 139, 146–7, 147, 148, 153, 154, 155, 157, 159, 169, 185, 190, 213, 260, 268, 269, 274
advertising and 84
as consumers 66
as parents 95
grandparents and 148, 155, 190, 276
hot-house 155
internet and 140–50
obesity and 84
pedigree 99, 100
poverty and 68, 69, 116
precious 97, 155
sexualisation of 14, 149
step-families and 148–9
working in factories 289–90
China 12, 23, 25, 28, 36, 37, 71, 86, 115, 118, 125, 126, 138, 140, 143, 145, 151, 162, 165, 168–9, 170, 172, 173, 191, 200–1, 203, 211, 219, 244, 249, 250, 252, 260, 268, 303, 309
Africa and 259
ageing population in 7, 57, 168, 169–70, 270
car ownership in 203
corruption in 168, 169, 170, 171, 172
debt in 25
democracy in 169
domination of web 36–7
e-commerce market in 36–7, 168
economic growth in 23, 26, 37, 40, 269, 171, 172–3, 222, 234
freedom of speech in 170
global output of 26
global trade and 164, 167–8, 171, 165
green technologies in 257
human rights in 282
infrastructure in 172
internal migration 67
low birth rate in 73–4, 101, 170
military spending in 128–9, 129
nuclear energy in 19
one-child policy in 73–4
pollution in 169, 170, 171
quantum computer and 56
real estate in 80
recycling and 239
regionalisation in 170
renewable energy in 171, 242
rural migration in 74, 170
smartphones in 36–7, 173
smoking in 157
social media in 140, 141
sovereign wealth fund of 24, 171
tobacco industry in 157
web censorship and 57, 149
wind turbines in 26
chlamydia 96
Christianity 72, 154, 174, 228, 229–30, 271, 295, 303–4, 306, 307–8, 308–9, 309, 310, 311
chromosomes 94
CIA 57, 58, 279–80
Cialis 81, 153
cigarettes 14, 97, 157; see also tobacco
cinema, live 39–40, 293
cinema, piracy and 40
Citigroup 287
City of London 79
civil liberties 281–2
civil service 223
click-and-collect retailing 184
climate change 13, 142, 219, 234, 239, 250, 251; see also global warming
cloning 97–9, 100, 295
cloud computing 28, 41, 42, 50–2, 88, 93, 183, 195, 295
CNN 63
CO2 233, 234, 237, 240, 245, 246, 247
coal 126–7, 237–8, 247
Coca-Cola 47, 136, 289
cochlear implants 33
coincidental risk 20
Cold War 18, 19, 54, 125, 128, 311
Colombia 116, 158
commodity instability 71–2
commodity markets 70–71
communism 18, 122, 124, 218, 270, 271, 310, 311
collapse of 18, 122, 124, 218, 270, 311
Communist Manifesto, The (book) 271
compliance 288–9
computer viruses 52, 55, 55–6, 219
computer–aided diagnosis 89
Concorde 202
Congo, River 253
contact lenses, smart 31
contactless card payments 30
contraceptives 95, 96
convergence 31–2
copper 70, 249
corporate ethics 286–7
corruption 118, 19, 126, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 174–5, 272, 275, 307
cosmetics 81–2
Cosmopolitan (magazine) 143
Costanera (shopping mall) 186
cotton 143, 145, 254
counter-trends 13–14
courts, international 312
credit card details, theft of 53
credit cards 186, 193, 278, 287
Credit Suisse 287
crime 46, 47, 68, 69, 94, 156, 278–9, 293–4, 312
crime rates 159–60
Crimea 127
Russian annexation of 19, 57, 127
crowd-funding 92, 189
crowd-sourcing 92, 216
currencies, virtual 293
cyber-attacks 21, 54, 55, 56
cyber-crime 52–3; see also online crime
cyber-espionage 55–6, 58
cyber-monitoring 133–4
cyber-war 54–5
cytokines 106
Cyworld 53
Czech Republic 76
D
Danube, River 252
dark web 57, 191, 293
data encryption 54
debt, global 25
debt default 25
decentralisation 223, 226
Deep Mind 37
deflation 23, 24
deforestation 246, 254, 256
de Gaulle, Charles 123
Delhi 96, 189
dementia 82
democracy 7, 64, 169, 173, 221–6, 229, 280, 282
denial of service 55, 194
Denmark 101, 118
dentistry 89–90
desalination 251
designer animals 93
designer babies 99, 100
designer drugs 159
Detroit 79
diabetes 82–3, 92, 263
dictatorships 218, 226–7
digital addiction 17
digital insight 34–5
digital technology 7, 8–9, 12, 187
disintermediation 182
DNA 92, 104
dot-com boom 218
dot-com crash 9
Dow Jones Index 198
Drax power station 247
drinks industry 260–61, 263
driverless cars 37, 44, 206
drones 2, 3, 47, 59, 128, 133, 134, 135, 166, 184, 207–8
drug-resistant bacteria 83–4
drugs 5, 80–81, 82, 83, 88, 90, 92;
see also illegal drugs
blockbuster 81, 91, 92
cost of new 90–91
designer 159
health risks of 91
pain-relieving 297
performance-enhancing 81, 153
slimming 261
E
East Germany 76
eBay 36, 37, 38, 53, 173, 179, 183
ebola 47, 86, 87
e-books 60–61
e-commerce, globalisation of 181–2, 183
economic slavery 26
Economist, The (magazine) 316
education 15, 103, 111, 112, 155, 156, 174, 209–10, 211, 212, 213–14, 231, 269, 285
Egypt 55, 252, 253
electromagnetic radiation, fears of 35
Elle (magazine) 143
emails 10, 28, 29, 34, 51, 52, 53, 54, 137, 180, 215, 266
e-marriage 154
embryo, freezing of 100
embryo, implants 94–5, 98, 298
emissions 204, 234, 237–8, 240, 246, 247, 248, 254, 257; see also, carbon, CO2, gas
encryption of data 54
endoscopy 88
Energetic Bear 55–6
energy saving 18, 25, 236, 239, 240, 245
energy storage 243
England 120–21; see also Scotland, UK
Enron scandal 47, 214
entertainment 38–40
e-payments 191–2
equity release 24
espionage 133–4
Estonia 56, 306
ethics 13, 15, 91, 93, 99, 101, 103, 119, 133, 216, 217, 228, 245, 258, 271, 272–313, 315, 316
Ethiopia 259
ethnic minorities 76, 217
European Union (EU) 117, 121, 122, 223, 225
birth rate in 75–6
corruption in 118–20
democracy in 222
food sales in 177–8
global output of 26
Google and 38
hacking and 55
migration and 76
tax avoidance in 191
tribalism and 117
eurozone 21, 75, 117, 118, 120
euthanasia 296–7, 303
exchange rates 6
extended families 146, 155
eye care 89
F
Facebook 36, 38, 41, 50, 51, 63, 141, 142, 173
failed states 134–5
fake identities 141–2
family breakdown 146–7
farming 87, 93, 131, 246, 249, 253, 254, 256, 257, 259; see also agriculture
farming subsidies 118
fashion 5, 9, 137, 143–5, 152, 182, 315
fashion industry 143–4
fathers, absent 146, 147
feminisation of society 7, 159, 300–1
fertility rates 75, 84, 96, 303
film industry 39–40
film piracy 40
film, 3D 40
on-demand 40
financial crash 23
financial services 52, 70, 79, 118, 120, 187, 192, 193
Financial Times (newspaper) 316
Finland 101, 151
First Life 111
fish farming 253, 259–60
food banks 229, 302
food irradiation 260
food price comparisons 180
food prices 246–7
food production 253, 257–8
food retailing 177–81, 260–61
food scandals 260–61
food waste 178
foot and mouth disease 88
Footsie4Good index 228
Forbes (magazine) 152
foreign aid 284
foreign currencies 27
foreign nationals 217
forests 18, 124, 249, 254, 255, 256
fossil fuels 237
fostering 148
4G 72, 193
Fox News 63
fracking 238
France 74, 122–3, 125, 128, 155, 200–1, 202, 244, 255, 263, 268, 269, 301
economy in 122–3
fraud alerts 46
freight costs 163, 165
freight transport 163–4, 165, 202
fuel cells 245
Fukushima nuclear reactor 19, 243
fund management 196–7
G
Gaelic 115
gaming, online 39–41
total immersion 40
Ganges, River 250
gas 6, 19, 44, 53, 124, 126, 127, 204, 222, 235, 236, 237–8, 239, 240, 241, 243, 245, 247, 254, 281
carbon-based 245
hydrogen 237, 245
liquid 238
natural 237, 238, 243
shale 176, 236, 237, 238, 245; see also fracking
supplies from Russia 19
gay marriage 154, 306; see also same-sex relationships
Gazprom 126
GE see General Electric
gender equality 301
gene mapping 105
gene technology 101–2
General Electric (GE) 72, 136, 202, 287, 289
General Motors (GM) 287
generation gap 10
genetic code 83, 86, 87, 93–4
genetic modification 92–3
Genetic Revolution, The (book) 105
genetic screening 299
genetically modified (GM) food 258, 260, 262–3
genocide 101, 308, 312
genome 93–4, 299
Georgia 125
Germany 19, 24, 55, 75–7, 103, 117, 122, 123, 125, 177, 184, 200, 217, 221, 241, 242, 243–5, 246, 252, 258, 263, 301, 306
anti-nuclear policies in 244–5
economic growth in 122
green technology in 244–5, 246
hacking of steel mill 55
life expectancy in 103
nuclear energy in 19
Ghana 259, 284
ghettos 75, 211
glass ceiling 301
global citizens 163, 190
global debt 25
global economy 23–4, 25
global governance 311–12
global manufacturing 163, 164, 175, 315
global output 26
global remittances 73
global trade 7, 9, 23, 26, 118, 157, 163–4, 164–5, 169, 175, 283; see also regional trade
global warming 9, 233, 234, 235, 253, 255; see also climate change
globalisation 12, 26,, 27, 160, 161, 177, 187, 200, 223, 267, 287, 312, 315
backlash against 26–7
Globe Forum 238
GM see genetically modified
Goldman Sachs 287
Google 24, 31, 36, 37–8, 38, 47, 59, 63, 136, 141, 162, 167, 173, 183, 193, 205, 224, 266
Google Android 37
Google Glass 31, 33
Gorecki, Johan 238
G+ 141
GPS 44, 202, 207
grandparents 22, 76, 108, 148–9, 155, 156, 260
Greece 75, 76, 117–18, 151, 191, 221, 222, 263
green IT 248
green manufacturing 248
green technology 25–6, 234, 235, 236, 238–9, 239, 243, 244, 246, 257
greenhouse gas emissions 254
grey power 138
grey water 250, 251
G7 175
Guardian (newspaper) 63
H
H&M 72
habitat loss 233, 254
hacking 43, 44, 52, 53–5, 56, 57–8, 187, 194
happynomics 280
Harvard Medical School 34, 104
head-based displays 33
headsets 40–41
head transplants 106–7
health care 80–81, 88–9
costs of 111
private 113
rationing 111, 113
spending on 80
health foods 260
health insurance 112, 199, 297
health monitoring 44
health monitoring, home-based 31
health tourism 113
heart disease 83, 259, 262
Heartbleed 53
hedge funds 23, 189, 196, 197
hepatitis 85
heroin 157–9
Hewlett Packard 55
high-tech weapons 130
Hinduism 174, 295, 302, 308, 310
hip replacement 111
HIV 71, 84, 85–6, 88
holidays 70, 77, 82, 113, 208, 209, 250, 300
home delivery 184
home diagnosis 89
home monitoring devices 89
home ownership 269
homeworking 266–7
homosexuality 151, 154, 231
Honduras 176
Hong Kong 79
hospitality industry 200
Huawei 172–3
Huffington Post 63
human rights 102, 159, 175, 218, 280, 282, 311, 312
human trafficking 283
Hungary 263
Hussein, Saddam 230
hydroelectricity 252–3
hydrogen 237, 245
hyper-inflation 24
hypermarkets 179
hyper-trading 27
I
I (magazine) 143
IBM 136, 172
identity theft 53, 57
ideology 217, 218, 219, 226, 230, 307, 309, 310
IKEA 289
illegal drugs 13–14, 57, 148, 156, 157–9, 191, 305, 306
addiction to 159
cartels 158
control of 158–9
liberalisation of 158
immigration 74, 76, 77, 78, 176–7, 219
implants 33, 34–5, 44, 89
health risks of 34–5, 44
India 7, 55, 71, 73, 82, 113, 118, 128, 138, 144, 149, 151, 164, 167–8, 173, 173–4, 175, 182, 184, 185, 189, 191, 201, 211, 215, 224, 244, 250, 259, 269, 283, 285, 308
caste system in 174–5
corruption in 168, 174–5
democracy in 173
economic growth of 173–4
educated workforce in 174
global output of 26
hacking and 56
internal migration and 67
newspaper readers in 62
population growth in 174
tax avoidance in 191
Indonesia 175, 203, 254, 256
industrial revolution 26
infanticide 170
infertility 84, 95–7, 99, 297, 299
inflation 23, 24
infotech 41
infrastructure 24, 55–6, 70, 111, 121, 165, 168, 171–2, 174, 238, 253, 258
inheritance of wealth 139
innovation 31–3, 41, 90
Instagram 51
institutional blindness 2, 29
insulin 101, 263
insurance industry 5, 89, 187, 198–9, 200, 287
Intel 165
Interface 289
International Energy Agency 240
International Society for Human Rights 308
Internet of Things 25, 42, 43–4, 45, 52, 118
internships 265
iPad 32, 41, 42
iPhone 41, 42, 162
iPlayer 29
IRA 221
Iran 56, 231, 239
Iraq 9, 116, 128, 131, 220, 230, 232, 252, 308
Ireland 56, 133, 149, 151, 224
iron ore 237
Islam 9, 14, 126, 154, 174, 222, 228–9, 229, 230, 231, 232, 271, 295, 301, 303, 304, 307–8, 309, 310, 311
