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2,618 concepts

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helicopter parent — 62 books
first published 16 Aug 2006
parent who pays extremely close attention to a children's experiences and problems
Two Sigma — 27 books
first published 16 Aug 2006 added 28 Jun 2023
Flash crash — 134 books
first published 11 Jun 2006
commons-based peer production — 25 books
first published 14 May 2006 added 5 Oct 2023
jimmy wales — 97 books
first published 14 May 2006
co-founder of Wikipedia (born 1966)
reshoring — 44 books
first published 9 May 2006
food miles — 66 books
first published 1 May 2006
distance food is transported from production to consumption
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall — 21 books
first published 1 May 2006
British chef
future of food — 48 books
first published 1 May 2006 added 23 Nov 2023
Monty Hall problem — 17 books
first published 30 Apr 2006 added 24 Oct 2021
mathematical problem
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation — 119 books
first published 24 Apr 2006 added 28 Oct 2023
a private charitable foundation established by Bill and Melinda Gates
Irwin Jacobs: Qualcomm — 6 books
first published 14 Apr 2006 added 21 Feb 2017
folksonomy — 26 books
first published 14 Apr 2006 added 12 Aug 2022
classification based on users' tags
subscription business — 76 books
first published 14 Apr 2006
Apollo Guidance Computer — 17 books
first published 14 Apr 2006 added 20 Sep 2023
an early digital computer produced for the Apollo missions; it played a crucial role in landing astronauts on the Moon.
Vladimir Vetrov: Farewell Dossier — 13 books
first published 14 Apr 2006
Golden age of television — 24 books
first published 5 Apr 2006 added 7 Jul 2022
overview effect — 21 books
first published 3 Apr 2006 added 6 Dec 2022
experience of seeing the reality and fragility of the Earth in space
panic early — 4 books
first published 31 Mar 2006 added 6 Aug 2023
second-price sealed-bid — 7 books
first published 15 Mar 2006
household responsibility system — 13 books
first published 15 Mar 2006 added 23 Nov 2020
practice in China, first adopted in agriculture in 1979 and officially established in 1982, by which households are held responsible for the profits and losses of an enterprise
Shenzhen was a fishing village — 30 books
first published 15 Mar 2006
Paul Lévy — 8 books
first published 7 Mar 2006
leftpad — 8 books
first published 2 Mar 2006 added 17 Apr 2022
Kibera — 38 books
first published 1 Mar 2006
Largest neighborhood in Nairobi
end world poverty — 16 books
first published 1 Mar 2006 added 23 Feb 2017
TSMC — 25 books
first published 1 Mar 2006 added 15 Oct 2022
semiconductor foundry company headquartered in Taiwan
space pen — 3 books
first published 24 Jan 2006
gravity-independent ballpoint pen
non-player character — 19 books
first published 12 Jan 2006 added 15 Aug 2024
fictional character in a role-playing or video game that cannot be played or controlled by a real-world person
messenger bag — 79 books
first published 12 Jan 2006 added 9 Aug 2023
autism spectrum disorder — 110 books
first published 10 Jan 2006 added 3 Mar 2023
range of neurodevelopmental disorders
software studies — 15 books
first published 2 Jan 2006
"Hurricane Katrina" Superdome — 36 books
first published 2 Jan 2006 added 9 Aug 2023
Benevolent Dictator For Life (BDFL) — 14 books
first published 2 Jan 2006 added 16 Feb 2017
a title given to a person with life-long authority over a software project
Merlin Mann — 15 books
first published 2006
an American writer, blogger, and podcaster known for coining the term 'Inbox Zero' and for his focus on productivity techniques.
back-to-the-city movement — 10 books
first published 2006 added 8 Aug 2023
the migration of people from suburbs and rural areas back to urban centres
functional fixedness — 16 books
first published 2006 added 5 Mar 2017
Port of Oakland — 19 books
first published 2006
port in California, USA
John Gruber — 19 books
first published 2006
social bookmarking — 28 books
first published 2006 added 30 Aug 2023
online service which allows users to add, annotate, edit, and share bookmarks of web documents
Detroit bankruptcy — 23 books
first published 2006
Panamax — 22 books
first published 2006
class of ships of the maximum size that can pass through the original locks of the Panama Canal
Malcom McLean invented shipping containers — 13 books
first published 2006
post-Panamax — 9 books
first published 2006
price elasticity of demand — 19 books
first published 15 Dec 2005 added 15 Oct 2022
responsiveness of the quantity demanded of a good or service to a change in its price
two-factor authentication — 58 books
first published 13 Dec 2005 added 8 Oct 2023
authentication method in which a computer user is granted access only after successfully presenting two pieces of evidence (or factors) to an authentication mechanism
supply chain finance — 8 books
first published 13 Dec 2005 added 12 Sep 2022
financial practices designed to optimize cash flow and liquidity between trading partners in a supply chain
pull request — 53 books
first published 13 Oct 2005
feature available at source code repository hosts such as GitHub or Gitlab
collaborative editing — 23 books
first published 13 Oct 2005
editing of groups producing works together through individual contributions
semantic versioning — 21 books
first published 13 Oct 2005 added 24 Nov 2024
scheme of software versioning highlighting the degree of compatibility of each version
patent troll — 51 books
first published 13 Oct 2005
business that cashes in on inventions of others by buying up patents before expiration date
Benjamin Mako Hill — 12 books
first published 13 Oct 2005
a free software activist and contributor to the Debian project
AGPL — 9 books
first published 13 Oct 2005 added 9 Mar 2018
GNU Affero General Public License, free software license for network software
fintech — 126 books
first published 13 Oct 2005 added 27 Oct 2023
technologies used in finance and the industry which produces these technologies
Contributor License Agreement — 2 books
first published 13 Oct 2005 added 28 May 2022
copyright terms
Great Grain Robbery — 4 books
first published 26 Sep 2005 added 19 Jun 2021
Soviet purchase of American grain that increased global food prices
Firefox — 296 books
first published 13 Sep 2005
a free and open-source web browser developed by Mozilla
predatory finance — 5 books
first published 9 Sep 2005
underbanked — 35 books
first published 9 Sep 2005
those without sufficient access to mainstream financial services
Steve Jurvetson — 33 books
first published 31 Aug 2005 added 2 Nov 2021
American entrepreneur and venture capitalist
Marc Benioff — 90 books
first published 31 Aug 2005 added 13 Feb 2022
Silicon Valley ideology — 76 books
first published 31 Aug 2005
business process outsourcing — 31 books
first published 31 Aug 2005
the practice of contracting various business-related operations to third-party vendors.
Nicholas Carr — 93 books
first published 31 Aug 2005
connected car — 51 books
first published 31 Aug 2005
car that is equipped with Internet access
zoonotic diseases — 36 books
first published 8 Aug 2005 added 5 Oct 2023
wages for housework — 23 books
first published 2 Aug 2005
global feminist movement
founder crops — 7 books
first published 15 Jul 2005 added 11 Nov 2021
Nick Bostrom — 143 books
first published 14 Jul 2005 added 3 Mar 2023
Swedish philosopher and writer (born 1973)
Bill Joy: nanobots — 17 books
first published 14 Jul 2005
autonomous vehicles — 303 books
first published 14 Jul 2005
lifelogging — 87 books
first published 14 Jul 2005 added 23 Feb 2017
artificial general intelligence — 104 books
first published 14 Jul 2005
theoretical class of AI able to perform any intelligence-based task a human can
hype cycle — 53 books
first published 14 Jul 2005 added 13 Mar 2023
graphical presentation of the maturity of specific technologies
Aubrey de Grey — 39 books
first published 14 Jul 2005 added 26 Jun 2024
radical life extension — 28 books
first published 14 Jul 2005 added 26 Oct 2021
AI winter — 75 books
first published 14 Jul 2005
periods of reduced funding and interest in AI research
friendly AI — 29 books
first published 14 Jul 2005
hypothetical artificial general intelligence that would have a positive effect on humanity
lock screen — 26 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 — 6 books
first published 1 Jul 2005 added 25 Oct 2021
dramatic principle
Lakeside School, Seattle — 20 books
first published 19 Jun 2005 added 17 Jan 2024
GPS: selective availability — 24 books
first published 13 Jun 2005 added 21 Oct 2022
supply-chain management software — 8 books
first published 13 Jun 2005
Atari Democrats — 15 books
first published 9 Jun 2005 added 6 Jan 2025
Beeching cuts — 27 books
first published 29 May 2005
reductions in the UK rail network in the 1960s
Dean Kamen — 35 books
first published 10 May 2005
American businessman
crew resource management — 15 books
first published 10 May 2005 added 13 Feb 2017
fulfillment center — 85 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.
gender pay gap — 88 books
first published 9 May 2005
average difference in remuneration amounts between men and women
Branko Milanovic — 74 books
first published 9 May 2005
Serbian-American economist
regulatory arbitrage — 81 books
first published 20 Apr 2005
asset management industry — 48 books
first published 20 Apr 2005 added 14 Jan 2024
razors and blades business model — 9 books
first published 1 Apr 2005 added 8 Oct 2023
Vickrey auction — 10 books
first published 1 Apr 2005
auction priced by second-highest sealed bid
additive manufacturing — 78 books
first published 1 Apr 2005
layer-by-layer material addition for object creation, aka 3D printing
gun show loophole — 12 books
first published 28 Mar 2005
sale of firearms by private sellers that do not meet federal background check requirements
Pax Mongolica — 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 — 33 books
first published 16 Mar 2005 added 9 Aug 2023
Negawatt — 13 books
first published 14 Mar 2005
a unit of power representing the amount of energy saved through conservation or efficiency measures.
pushing on a string — 34 books
first published 14 Mar 2005
figure of speech