Great Grain Robbery
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4 books
first published
26 Sep 2005
added 19 Jun 2021
Soviet purchase of American grain that increased global food prices
Firefox
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304 books
first published
13 Sep 2005
a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla
underbanked
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36 books
first published
9 Sep 2005
those without sufficient access to mainstream financial services
Steve Jurvetson
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35 books
first published
31 Aug 2005
added 2 Nov 2021
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Marc Benioff
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94 books
first published
31 Aug 2005
added 13 Feb 2022
business process outsourcing
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32 books
first published
31 Aug 2005
the practice of contracting various business-related operations to third-party vendors.
connected car
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51 books
first published
31 Aug 2005
car that is equipped with Internet access
founder crops
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7 books
first published
15 Jul 2005
added 11 Nov 2021
Nick Bostrom
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154 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
added 3 Mar 2023
Swedish philosopher and writer (born 1973)
AI winter
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82 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
periods of reduced funding and interest in AI research
lifelogging
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88 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
added 23 Feb 2017
hype cycle
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58 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
added 13 Mar 2023
graphical presentation of the maturity of specific technologies
Aubrey de Grey
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41 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
added 26 Jun 2024
friendly AI
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34 books
first published
14 Jul 2005
hypothetical artificial general intelligence that would have a positive effect on humanity
lock screen
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29 books
first published
1 Jul 2005
added 14 Dec 2022
the user interface displayed on mobile or computer screens when not in use, requiring a user action to access functionality.
Chekhov's gun
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6 books
first published
1 Jul 2005
added 25 Oct 2021
dramatic principle
Beeching cuts
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28 books
first published
29 May 2005
reductions in the UK rail network in the 1960s
Dean Kamen
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35 books
first published
10 May 2005
American businessman
gender pay gap
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90 books
first published
9 May 2005
average difference in remuneration amounts between men and women
Branko Milanovic
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79 books
first published
9 May 2005
Serbian-American economist
fulfillment center
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88 books
first published
9 May 2005
added 20 Nov 2021
a facility where orders placed by customers are picked, packed, and shipped to their final destination.
Vickrey auction
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10 books
first published
1 Apr 2005
auction priced by second-highest sealed bid
additive manufacturing
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80 books
first published
1 Apr 2005
layer-by-layer material addition for object creation, aka 3D printing
gun show loophole
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12 books
first published
28 Mar 2005
sale of firearms by private sellers that do not meet federal background check requirements
Pax Mongolica
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14 books
first published
21 Mar 2005
period of social, cultural, and economic stability after the conquests of the Mongol Empire in Eurasia during in the 13th and 14th centuries
fixed-gear
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34 books
first published
16 Mar 2005
added 9 Aug 2023
Negawatt
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13 books
first published
14 Mar 2005
a unit of power representing the amount of energy saved through conservation or efficiency measures.
SpamAssassin
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14 books
first published
14 Mar 2005
A computer program for e-mail spam filtering
software as a service
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149 books
first published
15 Feb 2005
software licensing and delivery model in which software is licensed on a subscription basis and is centrally hosted
ghost work
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18 books
first published
22 Jan 2005
added 10 Jan 2024
Singularitarianism
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31 books
first published
22 Jan 2005
belief in an incipient technological singularity
fishermen Kerala
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11 books
first published
15 Jan 2005
added 20 Dec 2023
mobile phones allowed the fishermen to determine which villages offered the best markets for their fish
Stephen Fry
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64 books
first published
2 Jan 2005
added 22 Jun 2023
fiscal drag
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12 books
first published
2 Jan 2005
added 9 Nov 2023
nocebo
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23 books
first published
2005
added 18 Oct 2022
the effect of a harmless substance that creates negative psychologically induced response in a patient
business continuity plan
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15 books
first published
2005
the process of creating systems of prevention and recovery to deal with potential threats and significant disruption of business operations
Masdar
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29 books
first published
2005
Late Heavy Bombardment
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20 books
first published
2005
added 19 Aug 2022
hypothesized event, occurring ca. 4.1–3.8 billion years ago, during which a large number of asteroids collided with the Moon, Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
Joi Ito
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54 books
first published
15 Nov 2004
added 18 Oct 2020
Japanese-American activist, entrepreneur, and venture capitalist
future of journalism
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25 books
first published
15 Nov 2004
a topic of discussion focusing on how journalism will evolve, particularly in the context of technological change and economic models
tail risk
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79 books
first published
23 Sep 2004
added 24 Oct 2021
risk of rare events, typically defined as more than 3 standard deviations from expected values, far above the risk of a normal distribution
Oxycodone
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67 books
first published
20 Sep 2004
added 28 Dec 2023
analgesic alkaloid (opioid)
Pripyat
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32 books
first published
15 Sep 2004
added 13 Jul 2024
sustainable fashion
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62 books
first published
1 Sep 2004
added 23 Nov 2023
part of design philosophy and trend of sustainability in fashion
McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit
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13 books
first published
9 Aug 2004
added 25 Oct 2021
a 1994 legal case where a woman sued McDonald's after suffering third-degree burns from a cup of coffee; the case is often cited in debates over tort reform.
Asperger Syndrome
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73 books
first published
2 Aug 2004
neurodevelopmental disorder affecting social interaction
Beos Apple "Steve Jobs" next macos
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3 books
first published
1 Aug 2004
added 17 Jul 2022
refers to BeOS, an operating system, and its potential influence on or competition with Apple's MacOS, especially during the time when Steve Jobs returned to Apple and introduced NeXT technology
blue screen of death
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33 books
first published
1 Aug 2004
added 28 Oct 2023
error screen displayed on a Microsoft Windows computer system following a fatal system error
Metcalfe's law
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11 books
first published
1 Aug 2004
empirical rule that that the value of a telecommunications network is proportional to the square of its number of users
Sloane Ranger
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17 books
first published
30 Jun 2004
added 12 Feb 2017
United Kingdom subculture/stereotype
Brixton riot
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13 books
first published
30 Jun 2004
added 16 Feb 2017
sensor fusion
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13 books
first published
24 Jun 2004
combining of sensor data from disparate sources
SQL injection
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62 books
first published
8 Jun 2004
added 3 Jun 2023
type of code injection, used to attack vulnerable data-driven software applications
endocrine disruptors
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42 books
first published
15 Apr 2004
added 7 Nov 2025
chemicals that can interfere with endocrine or hormonal systems at certain doses
regenerative agriculture
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21 books
first published
15 Apr 2004
added 10 Aug 2024
conservation and rehabilitation approach to food and farming systems
Westphalian system
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21 books
first published
7 Apr 2004
added 23 May 2017
concept of the sovereignty of nation-states in Europe
digital nomad
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45 books
first published
1 Apr 2004
added 19 Feb 2022
those who use telecommunications technologies to earn a living and, more generally, conduct their life in a nomadic manner
Reflections on Trusting Trust
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8 books
first published
1 Apr 2004
added 24 Feb 2022
a lecture by Ken Thompson that discusses the risks in trusting the software and tools one uses, and demonstrates a compiler backdoor.
Bob Geldof
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54 books
first published
26 Mar 2004
added 12 Feb 2017
Therac-25
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10 books
first published
15 Feb 2004
Radiotherapy machine involved in six accidents
Peter Thiel
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367 books
first published
15 Jan 2004
an American entrepreneur and venture capitalist, co-founder of PayPal and Palantir