Contents
Route Map for the Ascent of Trillions Mountain
A FIELD GUIDE TO TRILLIONS MOUNTAIN
CONNECTIVITY WILL BE THE SEED OF CHANGE
Interlude: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Platforms and User Interfaces
Chapter 3: The Tyranny of the Orthodoxy
THE KING AND THE MATHEMATICIAN
THE GRAND REPOSITORY IN THE SKY
FUD AND THE BIRTH OF THE IMPOSTOR CLOUD
THE QUALITIES OF BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXITY
AT THE INTERSECTION OF PEOPLE AND INFORMATION
NOVELTY, BEAUTY, RITUAL, AND COMFORT
Interlude: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow: Data Storage
Chapter 6: Design Science on Trillions Mountain
BEYOND DESIGN THINKING TO DESIGN SCIENCE
Chapter 7: Architecture with a Capital “A”
ARCHITECTURE AS ORGANIC PRINCIPLES
ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN SCIENCE
Chapter 8: Life in an Information Ecology
CHALLENGES IN THE INFORMATION ECOLOGY
Chapter 9: Aspects of Tomorrow
Epilogue: Thriving in the Spacious Foothills
MICROTRANSACTIONS AND THE RISE OF T-COMMERCE