Internet service provider (ISP), 15, 32, 347, 367

Internet Society (ISOC), x, xxi

Internet2, x, xxi

interoperability (interoperable), xii, xxxiv, 1–2, 5–6, 10, 14–16, 20–22, 24–27, 29–30, 32–35, 39, 43, 45–48, 59, 118, 337, 351, 367, 370

Interpol, 342

intranets, 24

Inveneo, 249–250

investment, xxvi–xxvii, 1, 23, 29, 47, 85, 273, 352, 359, 369

IP. See Internet protocol

iPod, 226

Iraq, 273

IRS. See Internal Revenue Service

Islam, 4, 297, 315

ISOC. See Internet Society

isolated, isolation, 33, 67, 94, 123, 217, 233, 238, 301, 306, 316

ISP. See Internet service provider

Israel, 257

Japan, 11, 20, 29, 35, 197, 241, 256, 368

Japanese language, 53–54, 60

J-curve of change, xxxii, xxxiv, 77, 86, 89, 91, 94, 98, 101, 111, 115–119

Jihad, 303–304

jobs ( job loss), 66, 79, 102, 117, 227, 259, 279, 289

Johnny Mnemonic,, 328

journalism ( journalist), 101, 120, 122, 137, 183

juvenileSee also child (children); kids; teens (teenagers); youth, 156.

Kansas, 34

keyboard (typewriter keyboard), 50–51

kidsSee also child (children); juvenile; teens (teenagers); youth, 18, 38, 197–198, 211, 305, 322.

Korean language, xxxi, 59

Las Vegas, 228

Latin America, 93

law, xi, xxvii, xxx, 5, 48, 103, 125, 129, 134, 136, 139, 158, 160, 167, 173–174, 187, 247, 285, 287, 293, 327, 338, 339–340, 354, 363, 367

lawmakers, 5

Laws of Robotics (Isaac Asimov’s laws), xxxi, 80, 84

learning, xxxii, 30, 58, 61, 63, 65, 93, 98, 103, 117, 141, 209, 212, 245, 267–268, 357, 371

legacy systems, 29

Legend of Mir,, 203

leisure time, 191

liberty, 130, 151

lifestyle, xxxii, 33, 134, 153, 168, 195, 218, 299, 321, 325

Lineage,, 203

lingua franca (Internet’s language), xxvii, 49–50, 53, 59–60, 63, 65, 70, 74–75

Linguapax Institute, 57–58

literacy (illiteracy), 22, 42, 65, 218, 264, 328, 337, 361

technological, xxx

low-income population, 7, 9

Luddites (neo-Luddites), xxvii, xxxv, 90, 118, 295–303, 308, 310, 313–314, 316–318, 320–323, 325–326, 328–333