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Authors: Jaron Lanier

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Cloud Atlas,
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cloud processors and storage,
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code,
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cognition,
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Cold War,
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Coleman, Ornette,
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collectives,
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collusion,
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–74,
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Columbia Records,
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commercial rights,
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commissions,
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communications industry,
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communism,
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compensatory servers,
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competition,
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complexity,
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Computer Lib/Dream Machines
(Nelson),
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computer programmers,
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computers:

artificiality of,
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calculations by,
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cloud processors and,
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cloud processors and storage
development of,
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as machines,
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memory of,
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networks of,
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parallel,
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personal (PCs),
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programming of,
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remote,
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reversible,
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security of,
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servers for,
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software for,
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user interface for,
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computer science,
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conflicts of interest,
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Confucianism,
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connectivity,
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consciousness,
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conservatism,
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construction industry,
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consultants,
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consumer electronics,
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consumer-facing sites,
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consumers,
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economies, consumer

“content farms,”
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contracts,
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copyright,
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corporations,
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correlations,
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correlative algorithms,
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corruption,
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cost comparisons,
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cost-effectiveness,
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cost externalization,
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countercultures,
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Craigslist,
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credit,
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credit cards,
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credit ratings,
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