in Saudi Arabia, 220–1 Solow, Robert, 233 Sondergaard, Peter, 87 space asteroid mining, 133–4 falling costs of, 122–4 mineral wealth in, 134–7 Moon Express, 125–6 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), 130–1 Outer Space Treaty (1967), 127 as private industry, 120–1 private sector, 132–3 SPACE Act (2015), 2, 9 Space Launch System, 120 Space Shuttle programme, 122 SpaceX, 119–21, 122, 133–4, 156 speculative economy, repressing the, 229–30 Sputnik, 137, 153 state socialism, 213 steam engine, 93, 95, 149, 164, 201, 238 steam power, 33 Summers, Larry, 64–5, 116, 199–200 Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, 24 surplus, food, disruptions and, 159–60 sustenance about, 178–9 cultured meat, 170–5 egg whites, 177–9 food, surplus and disruptions, 159–60 meat from vegetables, 175–7 milk, 177–9 planetary limits, 160–4 post-scarcity in, 159–81 synthetic meat, 168–70 wine, 177–81 synthetic meat, 168–70 Syriza, 28, 30 TALEN (transcription activator-like efector-based nucleases), 150 Taylor, Frederick, 60–3, 85 Taylorism, 60–3
technological unemployment, 86–8
technology Marx on, 237 relationship between politics and, 237
Technology and Unemployment report, 53
Terran 1 rocket, 124
Tesla, 84, 85, 106
Thatcher, Margaret, 206–7
Third Disruption, 11, 37–48, 70, 79, 82, 92, 116, 143–4, 148, 156, 171, 185–8, 192–6, 201, 212–4, 217, 221, 226, 232, 234, 236, 238, 241–3
3-D Magnetic Recording technology, 45–6
3-D printing, 122–4, 127
Tithebarn project, 208
transatlantic telegraph cable, 34
transcription activator-like efectorbased nucleases (TALEN), 150
transportation, in UK, 215
travel, exponential, 39–40
Trump, Donald, 21, 24, 29, 30
Trussell Trust, 24
Turnspit dog, 72–3
Uber, 84, 85
UBI (Universal Basic Income), 224–6
UBS (Universal Basic Services), 207–8, 213–17, 224, 226, 236
UK ageing in Britain, 141–4 healthcare in, 215–16 transportation in, 215
UKIP, 28
unemployment, 26
unfreedom, 214
unions, in Britain, 211–12
Universal Basic Income (UBI), 224–6
Universal Basic Services (UBS), 207–8, 213–17, 224, 226, 236
University College London, 90
US Department of Agriculture, 178
US Food and Drug Administration, 153
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