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Islamic State 13, 131, 218, 230
Israel 21, 128
Palestine and 232–3
IT 2, 21, 27–8, 30, 32, 38, 51, 54, 59, 164, 193, 193–5, 195, 248, 266, 315
Italy 67, 75, 76, 191, 200–1, 221, 222, 225, 241, 264, 269
IVF 93–4, 98, 99, 298
iWatch 41
J
Japan 25, 67, 103, 108, 128, 169, 244, 270, 300
ageing population of 7
birth rate in 73, 74
Fukushima nuclear reactor 19, 243
immigration and 74
life expectancy in 103, 107
low birth rate in 73–4
national debt of 25
nuclear energy in 19
rail transport in 2001
Second World War and 172
JP Morgan Chase 53
Judaism 295, 310
jumbo jets 203
justice 151, 217, 283
just-in-time food buying 178
K
Kampala 71
Karnataka 173–4
Kazakhstan 75, 149, 200
Kenya 164, 192
Kickstarter 189
Kunming 36
Kurds 232
Kyrgyzstan 73
L
L’Oréal 172
landmines 130–31
language 36, 115–16, 117, 120, 121, 170, 173, 176
langue d’oc 115
Last Night of the Proms 122
Latin America 158
mobile phones in 186
Lebanon 220
legal firms 214–15
legal services 215–16; see also justice
Lehman Brothers 23
Lenovo 172
Lesotho 73
leukaemia 106
liberation, men’s 301
liberation, sexual 147
Liberia 73
Libor fixing 162, 287
Libya 220
Lidl 177
life expectancy 7, 15, 65, 66, 97, 103–4, 107–10, 114, 126, 139, 203, 283
life, virtual 11, 142
LinkedIn 36, 51
Little Data 49–50
Lockheed Martin 244
London 48, 77, 78–9, 85, 103, 121, 130, 144, 184, 188, 221, 251, 304, 317
Los Angeles 47
loyalty cards 46
LSD 158
Luxembourg 263
luxury goods 182, 201
M
M generation 11, 137, 274, 310
Madagascar 259
malaria 84, 91, 206, 296
Malawi 164
Malaysia 144, 149, 154, 164, 175, 203, 213, 256
Mali 259
Malta 151
malware 52–3
Mandarin 36–7, 170
Mandela, Nelson 73
Mao, Chairman 169
marijuana, legalisation of 158
market instability 27
market research 4
marketing 45, 46, 47, 48, 50, 116, 135, 137, 138, 140–41, 146, 150, 157, 170, 184, 197, 217, 227, 277, 300
data collection by companies 45–6, 48
location-based 47
personalised 49–50
Marks and Spencer 289
marriage 116, 147, 148, 151, 152, 153, 154, 269, 280, 291, 304, 306; see also gay marriage
arranged 153–4
delayed 7
Marx, Karl 271
Maserati 182
Massachusetts 259
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) 212
Mauritania 283
McAfee 52
McDonald’s 136, 161
medical migration 113
medical monitoring, home-based 31, 44
medical records, digitisation of 88
medical technology 88
medical tourism 113
medicine, virtual 89
mega-chains 177
mega-corporations 162
mega-infrastructure 70; see also infrastructure
Mercedes-Benz 205
mercenaries 127, 134
mergers 7, 62, 136, 162, 190, 194, 197, 202, 266
meteor strike 21
methane 236–7, 254
Mexico 48, 56, 86, 113, 158, 166, 171, 186
MI5 58
MI6 57
micro-facturing 184
micro-insurance 189
micro-loans 189
Microsoft 41
middle class 7, 11, 24–5, 62, 69, 70, 77, 81, 108, 124, 138, 147, 168, 169, 171, 178, 182, 185, 186, 199, 227, 230, 232, 264, 269, 291
Middle East 10, 19, 24, 55, 78, 127, 131, 132, 226, 230, 231, 232, 247, 251, 301, 303
migration 7, 21, 66, 68, 70, 72, 73–4, 75, 76, 80, 113, 121, 170, 264, 308
rural 67–8
Milan 144
military spending 121, 128–9, 135, 218
milk 93, 101, 177, 180, 261
mining 24, 53, 71, 206
mitochondrial 81, 104, 105, 298
mobile banking 30, 72, 195
mobile payment 30, 186, 192, 193
mobile phones 27–8
in Latin America 186
mole-rats 104
monetary union 117–18; see also eurozone
money transfers 73
monoamine-oxidase-A 94
monopolies 37, 169, 224, 312
Moore’s Law 42
Morgan Stanley 287
mortgages 188, 287
Moscow 75, 96
Mossad 57
motherhood 148, 255, 256, 368, 294, 302
delayed 76, 96, 97
surrogate 99, 298
Motorola 172
M-Pesa 192
MSNBC 63
mujahideen 133
multi-generational households 148
Mumbai 68, 79, 285, 290
MunichRe 200
music, live 39
Myanmar 171
N
NAFTA 161
Nagorno-Karabakh 127
nanotechnology 25, 87, 118, 144, 203, 240, 252
Napoleon I 123
National Front (France) 118, 123
National Health Service (NHS) 112
NATO 19, 55, 122, 125–6, 131
Natura 289
near-field communication 43
Nectar 193
Nepal 73
Nest Labs 37
Nestlé 289
NetFlix 29
Netherlands 158, 224, 241, 296
neuromarketing 140
Nevada desert 241
New Age beliefs 310
New York 19, 79, 83, 185
9/11 attacks on 9, 21
New York Times (newspaper) 63
news, digital 62–3
news fatigue 64
news gathering 63–4
news online 62–4
newspapers 61–3, 119
NHS see National Health Service
Nicaragua 133
Nigeria 7, 48, 73, 154, 220, 307, 308–9
birth rate in 67
migration within 72
religion in 154, 304, 308
Nike 289
Nile, River 252, 253
1984 (novel) 58
Nokia 9000 10
non-government organisations 224–5
non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma 82
non-profit sector 292
North Korea 21, 52, 75, 134, 308
Norway 24, 101, 260
sovereign wealth fund 24
nuclear energy 19, 243–4, 281
Germany abandons 19
Japan abandons 19
in China 18
in the UK 19
nuclear fusion 244
nuclear weapons 2, 41, 126, 129
O
Obama, Barack 198
Obamacare 111–12
obesity 82–3, 93, 113, 259
Oculus 41
offshoring 165
oil prices 6, 23, 25, 126, 176, 235–6, 238–9, 246–7
Olympic Games 95
Oman 128
oncomouse 94
on-demand watching 40
one-party states 169, 226
online crime 160; see also cyber-crime
online education 213
online gaming 39–41
Orbital Sciences Corp 207
organ growth 101
organised religion 301, 302, 303
orphan diseases 92–3
orphans 87, 96, 291
Orwell, George 58
out-of-town stores 178
outsourcing 72, 78, 147, 164, 173, 215, 248, 266, 272
over-irrigation 250
P
paedophilia 97
Pakistan 19, 56, 220, 293, 309
Palestine 232–3
paper 256–7
paperless office 60–61
Paris 113, 144, 185
Patagonia 289
patents 94–5
PayM 30
PayPal 186
peak oil 236
peer-to-peer lending 189
penicillin 85
pension funds 78, 103, 108, 11, 138–9, 162, 187, 196, 197, 228
pensions 9, 64, 66, 78, 103, 124, 138–9, 139, 139–40, 196, 197, 269–70
mistrust of 78
Pentagon 2–3, 47, 132, 166
Pentecostal churches 304, 306–7
People’s Party (Denmark) 118
personal details, theft of 53, 56
personal protection insurance 287
Peru 27, 186
pet ownership 300
pharmaceutical industry 5, 53, 80, 84, 88, 90–92, 103, 105, 120, 162, 299, 300
pharmacogenomics 91
Philippines 27, 203
phishing 52, 195
Pinker, Steven 159
piracy, film 40
plagiarism 210
plastic surgery 100
Poland 27, 75, 76, 122, 263, 306
political correctness 281
politicians, mistrust of 7, 64, 118, 222, 225, 305
pollution 68, 145, 168, 169, 170, 171, 249, 251, 252
polyester 145
population growth, 66–7
pornography 153
online 152
ports 70, 72, 164, 208, 235, 238
Portugal 76, 221
poverty 68, 147, 284, 305, 306
PPI see personal protection insurance
price-fixing 162
Primark 72
privacy 43, 44, 58, 153, 272, 292
private equity 22, 196
privatisation 112, 222–3
pro-life 228
prostitution 151, 191
puberty 95, 210
public spending 120, 122; see also taxation
publishing 60
Puma 289
Putin, Vladimir 124, 125
Q
Qualcomm 193
quantum computing 42, 56
qubits 42
R
Rabobank 287
radio 39, 115
radio-frequency identification devices (RFIDs) 43, 44, 48
rail travel 45, 70, 86, 223, 254
high-speed 77, 200–201
reading speed 33, 61
real estate 24, 68, 69, 70, 71, 77, 78, 79–80, 172, 266
recycling 10, 163, 249, 251, 256, 261
Redeemed Christian Church of God 304
refugees 116–17, 231, 232
regeneration 17, 104
Regin 56
regional trade 161, 164; see also global trade
regionalisation 223
re-insurance industry 200
relationships, virtual 154
republicanism in UK 121–2
retail, globalisation of 177
informal 185–6
in emerging economies 184–5
in Latin America 186
premium products 182
retail cannibalism 182–3
retail outlets 178, 186, 260, 262, 266, 300
retinal repair 106
retirement age 139–40, 270
Revlon 172
RFIDs see radio-frequency identification devices
Rio de Janeiro 70
risk management 18, 20–21
Ritalin 81
RNA 92
robotics 11, 25, 167
robots 5, 16, 84, 87, 89, 166–7, 167, 188, 198, 206, 209, 263, 264, 294–5
rockfish 104
rogue states 239
Rolls Royce cars 182
Rolls Royce jet engines 202
Roman Catholicism 307
romance 151–2
Russia 9, 21, 27, 37, 48, 53, 56, 57, 75, 79, 80, 116, 122, 123–4, 125–6, 127, 129, 132, 133, 149, 154, 160, 172, 175, 200, 201, 207, 219, 221, 237, 238, 239
annexation of Crimea 19
conflict with Ukraine 19, 55–6
control of web in 57–8
corruption in 126
EU dependence on Russian gas 19
EU sanctions against 19, 24, 126
foreign policy of 125
gas supplies from 19
hacking and 55–6
Islamic separatists in 126
life expectancy in 126
military renewal of 125–6
military spending in 128
nationalism in 124–5
nuclear power in 244
oil prices and 126
oligarchs in 124
pensions in 124
population decline in 74
relations with China 128–9
relations with EU 131
Second World War and 125
web censorship in 37, 57
S
SalesForce 51, 195
same-sex relationships 151, 306; see also gay marriage
Samsung Electronics 41, 136, 165, 168, 172, 173
Sarawak 256
SARS 86
Saudi Arabia 24, 56, 128, 144, 176, 236, 238, 247, 268, 293, 295
oil revenues and 231
radical Islam and 231
sovereign wealth fund 24
saving associations 189
Scotland 115, 242, 260
Scottish independence 121
sea levels 234–5
sea water pollution 251
Second Life 111
Second World War 125, 127, 133, 172, 221, 283
self-employment 267
semantic search 167
semi-monopolies 162, 177
sexual liberation 147
SGL Carbon 245
shadow banking 25, 189, 195–6
shadow economies 191
Shanghai 36, 56, 79, 170
Sharia law 223, 228, 232, 295
Shiite Muslims 230, 309
shopping 130, 178, 180, 183, 185
shopping, online 45, 46, 181
shopping malls 181, 184, 186, 215, 219
short-termism 21–2
Siberia 124
Siemens 201
Sierra Nevada Corporation 207
Singapore 24, 97, 185
sovereign wealth fund 24
single issues 219, 227, 228, 270, 271, 281
Singtel 192
slavery 26, 151, 283–4, 312
Slovakia 76
slums 4, 68, 69–70, 185, 189
smart contact lenses 31
smart grids 25, 45, 56
smart homes 25, 37, 56, 167
smartphones 10, 17, 28, 31, 32, 33, 36–7, 54, 59, 60, 64, 142, 166, 172, 173, 186, 191, 192, 198, 199, 205, 266, 278, 281–2
smart watches 31
smog 256
SMS 29, 35, 54, 180
Snecma 202
Snowden, Edward 46
social enterprise 92, 190–91, 292
social media 4, 9, 10, 28, 39, 45, 46, 48, 63, 64, 89, 111, 116, 126, 134, 137, 140–41, 141, 142, 164, 218, 219, 224–5, 292–3, 315, 316
software 41, 44, 51, 144, 168, 195, 206, 263
software bugs 32, 194
solar panels 240–42
solar power 184, 231, 240–41, 242, 248, 281
Somalia 220
Sony 52, 53, 54
Soros, George 27
South Africa 72, 73, 160, 164, 221
South Korea 7, 26, 48, 53, 74, 165, 168, 213, 244, 268, 307
South Ossetia 127
Southern African trade area 161
sovereign wealth funds 24, 121, 162, 285
Soviet Union 126, 218
space race 129, 207
space travel 207–8
SpaceX 207
Spain 75, 76, 151, 155, 191, 200–201, 221, 241, 242, 255, 264, 269
spam 52
Spanish flu 86
speculation 27, 70–71, 118
speech recognition 38, 51
spinal cord repair 106, 107
sport 4, 10, 40, 94, 115, 120, 138, 145–6, 146, 253
Spotify 39
spread-betting 198
Sri Lanka 291
Stalin, Joseph 80, 131
Standard Chartered 287
state surveillance 58–60
steel 43, 70–71, 168, 249
stem cell research 7, 98, 105–6, 106, 298, 303
STEM graduates 168
sterilisation, forced 100–101
stock exchanges 22, 27, 56, 197–8
stocks and shares 5, 6, 27, 37, 78, 145, 187, 196, 198, 228, 187
strokes 83, 111
strong leadership, lack of 224
sub-prime crisis 20, 23
sub-Saharan Africa 71
Sudan 116, 134, 252, 259
Sunni Muslims 230, 309
SunSeeker yacht 182
superbrands 136, 182, 183
super-corporations 224
supergrids 242–3
supermarkets 46, 178, 179, 180
surveillance, political 46, 58, 59, 133–4
sustainability 7, 11, 15, 233–4, 248, 260, 273, 315
sustainable cities 248
SustainAgility (book) 238
Sweden 25, 101, 291
swine flu 86
SwissRe 200
Symantec 58
synthetic fibres 144–5
Syria 9, 116, 131, 134, 220, 230–31, 232, 252
Syriza 118
T
tagging 44
Tajikistan 73
Taobao 141
Target 53
tariff-free trading blocs 161
tax avoidance 191
taxation 24, 74, 78, 92, 112, 113, 120, 123, 156, 157, 161, 163, 181, 191, 197, 198, 199, 204, 223–4, 234, 235, 256, 262, 265, 269, 272, 285, 288
TB see tuberculosis
technological convergence 31–2
technological innovation 31–2
technology, next generation 25
teenagers 148, 149, 150, 156, 269, 294
telcos 30, 31–2
as banks 192, 193
business model 29–30
telecoms 27–8
telemedicine 89
telemonitoring of health 89
telomerase 83
Telugu 173
temperance movements 306
Tencent Holdings 37, 173
terrorism 19, 21, 43, 44, 59, 64, 72, 130, 133, 134, 158, 191, 219–21, 221, 230, 250, 279, 311, 312, 315
Tesco 46, 183
Tesla 203
Thailand 113, 149, 203, 211, 259
theocracy 222, 227, 228–9, 230
Third World War 132
thorium 244
3D films 40–41
3D imaging 88, 89
3D printing 89, 166, 184
3G 72, 193
Three Gorges Dam 252
thyroxine 83
