Uchitelle, Louis, 102
unconsciousness, 134, 146, 157, 169–72, 175
universal computing, 199–200
unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), 54, 193–94
Urry, John, 46, 194
user-generated content, 108–10, 118, 122, 129, 135, 136, 138
vertical disintegration, 101
vertical integration, 46, 101
Vinge, Vernor, 204–5
virtual intelligentsia, 84
virtuality, 8, 174
virtual pets, 155
virtual reality, 179
von Hippel, Eric, 134
von Neumann, John, 199
Wajcman, Judy, 26, 73, 196, 229
Wallerstein, Immanuel, 45
Wealth of Nations, The, 68
Web, 32, 49, 50, 75, 198
Web 2.0 (second-generation Web), 108
Web browser, 108, 113
Weber, Max, 3, 24, 81, 185
Web site, 29, 30, 35, 120, 122, 216
Webster, Andrew, 184
Webster, Frank, 16–17, 19, 22, 27, 73, 82, 119, 177, 184–85, 226
Weiland, Matt, 106
welfare state, 3, 5, 8, 10, 19, 21, 23, 46–47, 48, 62, 72, 77, 116, 217, 218–19, 221, 222–23
Westbury, Chris, 232
Whole Earth catalogue, 163
Whole Earth Review, 35
Wiener, Norbert, 134, 180
Wikipedia, 84, 108, 109, 112, 113, 118
Williams, Raymond, 15, 41
Williams, Robin, 17
Windows, 166, 200
Winner, Langdon, 17, 185
Wired: as a case study, 34–35, 37–39; history of, 33, 35–37
Wired editors, 193–94, 232
wireless Internet, 86, 170
wisdom of crowds, 51, 139, 212
Wolf, Gary, 33, 35–38
work: amateurs, 7, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 129, 130, 134, 138, 140, 141; blurred boundaries between leisure and, 83, 84–88, 162, 172, 214. See also labor
workers: blurred boundaries between capitalists and, 83, 88–97, 137
workplace, 6–7, 11, 79, 82, 83, 84, 87–89, 93–95, 97–102, 107, 137, 141, 213
work process, 6, 11, 22, 23, 82, 99, 100, 101, 115, 143, 177, 220; rationalization of, 115, 177
World Wide Web, 109–12, 115, 121, 124, 139, 164, 191, 203
Wriston, Walter, 73
Yergin, Daniel, 46–47, 71
Yin, Robert K., 34
Žižek, Slavoj, 229
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