fraud, 15, 138, 155, 248, 291, 351, 368

free speech (freedom of speech), 112, 179, 340, 349, 371

freedomof speech, xvi, 7, 39, 91–92, 106, 123, 129, 149, 158, 170, 172, 176, 179–180, 182, 187, 246, 253, 300, 302, 317, 320, 343, 359, 362–363, 368–369, 112, 179, 340, 349, 371

French language, xxxi, 53, 55–56, 59–62, 66, 70, 161

friends (friendship), 18, 113, 166, 202, 204, 215, 289

fringe groups, 96, 201, 299, 301, 306, 315, 319, 322, 332

fundamentalism (fundamentalists), 25, 100, 290, 297, 313, 318, 326, 328–329, 331, 360

gambling, 191–192, 207–208, 214–216, 219–220, 222, 224, 226, 231, 233–234, 236

games. See online games; video games

Gattaca,, xxxi, 80

genetics, 88

geography, 24, 30, 138, 233, 237–239, 242–243, 254, 271, 275, 282, 289

geo-identification (geo-ID), 138, 248

geopolitical issues (boundaries), 47, 146, 267, 273

geospatial boundaries, 274

General Motors (GM), 273

German (Germanic) language, xxxi, 52–53, 59–60

Germany, 19, 43, 52, 178

Ghana, 250

GIS. See global information system

global. See also globalization

enterprise, 245

information system (GIS), 90

network, xxvi, xxxv, 5, 13, 16, 21–22, 25, 29, 34, 36, 42–43, 54, 237–238, 245, 269, 277, 279, 281, 283, 288, 290–291, 372

supply chain, 34

village, 126, 132, 202, 253, 280, 283

positioning systems (GPS), 14, 117, 146, 211

globalization, 59, 238, 244–245, 264, 268, 272, 274–275, 281–282, 288, 292, 329, 372

GM. See General Motors

Gobi Desert, 24

Goldman Sachs, 251

Google, 12–13, 28, 56, 67, 70, 137, 139–140, 173, 249, 256, 261, 282, 285, 299, 302, 345, 364

gossip, xiii, 3, 126, 144

government, x, xii–xiii, xx, xxvi, 2, 4–5, 7–8, 14, 17, 25–26, 29, 31, 33, 35–38, 40, 42, 45–48, 78, 84–84, 90, 92, 96–98, 100, 103, 105–108, 111, 115, 124–125, 128, 130–131, 135–140, 143, 145, 148–149, 151, 153–156, 158–164, 166–167, 170–174, 176, 178–180, 182–187, 205, 215, 240–241, 245–249, 252–253, 258, 260–262, 267, 269, 275, 280–282, 285, 290–292, 302–303, 305, 323–325, 327, 332, 337, 340–341, 349, 352, 354–355, 360, 364–368, 372