American Legislative Exchange Council
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41 books
first published
1997
added 26 Feb 2017
a nonprofit organization that facilitates collaboration between legislators and corporations to draft model legislation
Bhopal disaster
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25 books
first published
1997
added 7 Oct 2023
a gas leak incident in India in 1984, considered the world's worst industrial disaster
lake wobegon effect
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28 books
first published
1997
cognitive bias wherein a person overestimates their own qualities and abilities
Tipper Gore
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17 books
first published
1997
added 31 Dec 2021
an American social issues advocate, known for her work in promoting mental health and as the wife of former Vice President Al Gore.
Chinese Room
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50 books
first published
1997
added 24 Dec 2023
anesthesia awareness
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5 books
first published
1997
inadequate unconscious state during general anesthesia
hedonic treadmill
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80 books
first published
1997
added 24 Sep 2017
the observed tendency for humans to quickly return to a stable level of happiness despite positive or negative life changes.
Wolfskehl Prize
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3 books
first published
1997
German physician and mathematician
Laplace demon
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18 books
first published
1997
added 5 Mar 2018
a hypothetical, all-knowing entity that can predict the future based on complete knowledge of the present
backpropagation
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65 books
first published
1997
added 13 Apr 2021
an algorithm used in machine learning to adjust the weights of artificial neural networks
invention of the steam engine
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50 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
an advancement that powered the Industrial Revolution, invented in various forms by people like Thomas Newcomen and James Watt.
Long Now Foundation
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58 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 26 Jun 2024
nonprofit organization
content marketing
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57 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 27 Nov 2021
a type of digital marketing based on online content (text, video, audio and images) typically published on digital platforms and social media platforms.
export processing zone
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48 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 10 Aug 2023
area where goods may be landed, stored, handled, manufactured, reconfigured, or re-exported under specific customs regulation and generally not subject to customs duty
the new new thing
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61 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 23 Feb 2017
a term often used to describe a recent innovation or trend that is considered a breakthrough or revolutionary in some way.
social software
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47 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
software that facilitates social interactions, communications, and collaborations among users
Genentech
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119 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 20 Mar 2025
biotech company
peer-to-peer
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161 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 24 May 2017
type of decentralized and distributed network architecture
Silicon Valley startup
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324 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
a new business venture based in Silicon Valley, often in the tech or digital sector, aiming for rapid growth and, frequently, a lucrative exit strategy
Mosaic web browser
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88 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 8 Oct 2023
popular early web browser
digital divide
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161 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 5 Oct 2023
the gap between those who have access to modern information and communications technology and those who do not.
moral panic
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171 books
first published
31 Aug 1996
added 5 Mar 2017
feeling of fear spread among a large number of people that some evil threatens the well-being of society
Alvin Roth
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27 books
first published
23 Aug 1996
added 9 Aug 2017
tulipmania
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36 books
first published
23 Aug 1996
added 21 Mar 2024
17th-century economic bubble in the Netherlands
Thomas Bayes
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85 books
first published
23 Aug 1996
added 21 Feb 2017
an 18th-century statistician and Presbyterian minister best known for formulating Bayes' theorem, which is fundamental to probability theory.
Bayesian statistics
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63 books
first published
23 Aug 1996
added 21 Feb 2017
a branch of statistics based on the Bayesian probability theory
Philip Mirowski
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66 books
first published
23 Aug 1996
added 10 Feb 2017
US professor
Vint Cerf
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83 books
first published
1996
added 1 Mar 2025
American computer scientist (born 1943)
purchasing power parity
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228 books
first published
1996
economic theory that states that the exchange rate between two countries is equal to the ratio of the currencies' respective purchasing power
ending welfare as we know it
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42 books
first published
1996
added 30 Dec 2016
a phrase popularised by Bill Clinton during his presidency, referring to welfare reform policies
Machynlleth
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22 books
first published
1996
added 13 Feb 2024
Marc Andreessen
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256 books
first published
1996
added 20 Feb 2017
American entrepreneur, investor, and software engineer
family office
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119 books
first published
1996
family controlled investment group
Hush-A-Phone
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12 books
first published
1996
privacy enhancing telephone device
Leonard Kleinrock
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26 books
first published
1996
added 5 Mar 2017
American computer scientist
Transnistria
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26 books
first published
1996
a breakaway state located mostly on a strip of land between the Dniester River and the eastern Moldovan border with Ukraine, not internationally recognised
Compatible Time-Sharing System
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20 books
first published
1996
added 3 Jun 2023
early and influential timesharing operating system developed at MIT in early 1960s for IBM 7090 mainframe
Bob Noyce
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39 books
first published
15 Nov 1995
added 21 Feb 2017
American businessman and engineer
SimCity
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59 books
first published
15 Nov 1995
added 24 Sep 2023
Apple Newton
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27 books
first published
14 Feb 1995
added 28 Jun 2022
PDA platform by Apple Inc.
Biosphere 2
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34 books
first published
14 Feb 1995
added 21 Oct 2020
Big Tech
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332 books
first published
14 Feb 1995
added 22 Feb 2022
label for large technology companies including Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms and Microsoft
Stuart Kauffman
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48 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
added 5 Oct 2023
an American theoretical biologist and complex systems researcher concerning the origin of life on Earth
Rodney Brooks
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70 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
Australian roboticist
Conway's Game of Life
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20 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
Two-dimensional cellular automaton devised by J. H. Conway in 1970
strong AI
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69 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
UUNET
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19 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
added 1 Jun 2022
Hacker Ethic
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71 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
moral values and philosophy that are common in hacker culture
Danny Hillis
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56 books
first published
15 Jan 1995
added 30 Dec 2016
American computer scientist
debt deflation
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66 books
first published
2 Jan 1995
theory that recessions and depressions are due to the overall level of debt rising in real value because of deflation
financial intermediation
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120 books
first published
2 Jan 1995
the process of facilitating the flow of funds from savers to borrowers through financial institutions
Gini coefficient
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204 books
first published
2 Jan 1995
measure of inequality in income or wealth distribution
deglobalization
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58 books
first published
2 Jan 1995
process of diminishing interdependence and integration between certain units around the world