Internet Relay Chat (IRC), 381

Internet Service Providers (ISPs), 36, 80, 86, 127, 169, 194, 292, 399, 406, 411, 422, 428, 434

Internet Society (ISOC), xxiii, 27, 31, 48, 101, 136, 139, 167, 185, 251, 272, 313, 353, 357, 360, 381, 406, 425

Internet2, xxiii, 73, 432

intolerance, 108, 126, 430

investment, 259, 272, 283, 314, 316, 375, 378, 398

iPhone, x, xii, 22, 76, 79–80, 94, 101, 333, 364–365, 367, 372, 378–390, 393, 410, 412

iPod, 83, 187, 370, 379, 382, 387, 390, 393

IPTV (internet television), 411

Iran, 119, 401–402, 429–430

Isolated, isolation, 82, 116, 137, 145, 263, 426

Israel, 26, 213

iTunes, iTunes Store, 73, 79, 410

Japan, Japanese, 421

Jarvis, William, 61

Java, 74, 154, 347

Jefferson, Thomas, 61, 245

Johnson, Steven Berlin, 51

journalism (journalist), xxiv, 7, 13, 17, 31, 36, 42–43, 57, 59, 62, 83, 96, 103, 112–113, 127, 136, 142, 151, 155, 174, 176, 178, 185, 187, 194, 208, 218, 227, 229, 241, 249, 251, 260, 269, 272, 285, 298, 300, 303, 309, 313, 315, 318, 332, 334–335, 353, 359, 376, 381, 383–384, 392, 399, 422

juvenile. See child (children); kids; teens (teenagers); youth

Keen, Andrew, 50

Kennedy, John F., 287

keyboard (typewriter keyboard), 78, 86, 93, 96, 101, 116, 159, 177

kidsSee also child (children); teens (teenagers); youth, 9, 57, 66, 94, 130–131, 143, 157, 166, 192–193, 196, 203, 205, 208, 222, 226, 232, 253, 287, 299, 375, 429

killer app (game-changing software application), 341–342, 349, 380, 384, 390, 432

Kindle, 169–170, 384, 410–412

Kiva, 253

knowledge (human), vi, xi, xx, xxvi, 1–69, 112, 114, 121, 132, 149–180, 184–185, 191, 220, 238, 241–242, 246, 275, 333–336, 342–343, 350, 355, 378, 381, 394, 422, 425–426

Knowledge Navigator, 373

knowledge workers, 53

law, xi, xiii, 93, 129, 131, 179, 190–191, 199, 206, 213, 218, 273, 290, 294, 298, 301–302, 314, 317, 378, 409, 417–418, 430, 432

lazy, laziness, 10, 11–12, 20, 29, 37, 39, 50, 52–53, 59, 171, 331, 344

leapfrogging, 171, 358

Leet, 168

legacy systems, 99, 258, 262, 266, 340

leisure time, 186, 225

Lem, Stanislaw, 28