Hacking Happiness (39 page)

Autism,
35
,
37
–38

Avataristic well-being,
4
,
5
,
8
,
12
,
177

Axeda Corporation,
71

Ban Ki-moon,
201

Barooah, Robin,
227

Bauer, Monika A.,
140

BBC News,
183

Beeminder,
61

Behavioral economics,
214

Bennett, Andrew,
136

Ben-Zur, Liat,
72

Berns, Gregory,
168

Better Life Index,
219

Beyond GDP movement,
208
–26,
234

building genuine wealth in,
220
–22

evolution of,
219
–20

Gross National Happiness and,
211
–18

Kennedy as inspiration for,
209
–1

metrics for,
224
–26

on personal level,
227

present and future of,
222
–24

Bhutan,
xiv
,
xxiii
,
219
–20

Gross National Happiness (GNH) in,
xxxii
,
153
,
194
,
202
,
211
–12

Big Data,
xix
,
xxx
,
47
,
59
–66,
88
–94,
153
,
201

accountability-based influence and,
61
–62

basics of,
89
–90

brokers and,
see
data brokers

evolution of,
26

Little Data and,
42
,
89
,
92
–93

mashups of,
62
–64

metaphorical comparison to oil industry of,
90
–92

natural language processing and,
74

in personal data economy
88
–89

quantified self and,
60
,
61
,
64
–66

“Big Data’s Value Lies in Self-Regulation” (Havens),
91
–92

Billion People Project (BPP),
230
–32

Biometrics,
109
–10

Blabdroid,
79
–81

Blog Talk Radio,
xxxv

Blood alcohol content (BAC),
70

Bodenhausen, Galen V.,
139
–40

BodyMedia,
229

Boeing,
101

Boston Consulting Group,
26

Botsman, Rachel,
13

Brainwells,
167

Brazil,
xiv
,
xxxii

Bretton Woods conference,
xxiii

British Columbia, University of, Vancouver School of Economics,
188

British Petroleum (BP),
105

Brotman, Adam,
204
–5

Bruce, Lenny,
138
,
140

Brunswick Group,
6

Bryant, Fred,
141

Buddhism,
211

Zen,
169

Bullying,
147
–48,
234

cyber-,
190
,
191

Business-to-business (B2B) environment,
108

“But How Do You Really Feel? Someday the Computer May Know” (Weintraub),
34
–34

Cain, Susan,
xxxiii

California, University of, Berkeley,
168

California HealthCare Foundation,
175

Callan, Cheryl,
130

Cambridge, University of,
xxvi
,
183

Computer Laboratory Network and Operating Systems Group,
213

Cameron, David,
225

Canada,
220
–21

Cantril, Hadley,
216

Cantril Ladder Scale,
216

Cardiio heart monitor,
8
–11,
18
,
109

Carfi, Christopher,
6
–7

Carmichael, Alex,
227

Carnegie Mellon University,
26
,
65
,

CAT scans,
229

Caudell, Tom,
101

Cell phones,
118

See also
Smartphones

Centers for Disease Control (CDC),
70

Centre for Bhutan Studies,
211

Cerf, Vint,
69
–70

The Challenge of Affluence: Self-Control and Well-Being in the United States and Britain since 1950
(Offer),
151

Chapman, Gary,
192

Chariots of Fire
(film),
163

Chen, Brian X.,
101

Chicago, University of,
173

Chicago Tribune
,
234

Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA; 1998),
24
,
25

China,
xiv
,
224

Christakis, Nicholas A.,
193

Christensen, Søren,
201

A Christmas Story
(film),
148

Cisco Systems,
xix
,
231

Citizen mobile technology agency,
19

Civic engagement,
xxiii
,
xxxvi
,
153
,
179
,
182

forums for participation in,
224

leveraging skills and talents for,
xiv
–xv

meaning created by,
163

quantified self movement and,
63
–64

Claremont Graduate University, Quality of Life Research Center,
172

Clarke, Arthur C.,
101

Clinical Psychology Review
,
xxxii

Clippinger, John,
30

Cloud,
42
,
72
,
90
,
218

evolution of,
52

natural language processing and,
74

personal,
xxi
,
27

sensors and,
45
,
176

Club of Rome,
219

Coady, Margaret,
129

Cobb, Clifford,
215

Cognitive behavioral therapy,
38
–39

Columbia University,
xxiv
,
45
,
202

Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress,
219
,
223

Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy,
129

Commons,
116

Compassion,
xxx
,
167
–70,
210

See also
Altruism

“The Compassionate Instinct” (Keltner),
168

Complexity theory,
52

Connected World,
3
–12,
14
,
15
,
32
,
68
,
85

accountability in,
82
,
125

augmented reality in,
153

creators versus consumers in,
140
–43

reputation economy in,
20
–22

robotics in,
78
–79