Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246) and index.
Mixing apples, oranges, and floppy disks -- 390:1 gap -- New rich and the new poor -- Empires of the mind -- Data drives empires -- Genetics, the next dominant language -- Genetics is a hockey stick -- Most powerful information system -- Nano world -- Revolution in a few ZIP codes -- Technology is not kind, it does not say "please" -- Sleepless (and angry) in Seattle -- High tech, high pay, high mobility -- Digital-genomics diaspora -- Time warp