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Index 463physicians 306, 307productivity growth 51–2race 252social inequality 53Treasury Department 31, 201United Nations TechnologyAchievement Index 51war against terrorism 25World Economic Forum 51universitiesFinland 70Nokia 70–71, 74, 81sharing 21Silicon Valley 56, 57, 58, 60, 64, 81UNIX 50, 57, 423Urdu 412, 414Urry, John 36, 37, 179Valentine, Donald 55, 63Van Alstyne, Marshall 156Ventura, Jesse 367venture capital 54–5, 57–8, 63, 64–5, 72Veronin, M. A. 300Viacom 415video standards 426Vietnam War 18virtual community 217, 219–20virtual health communities 302–4virtual society 130–33, 211n12Virtual Society? program 128electronic technologies 129–30networks 133–4rules of virtuality 137title 135–6Voline 353voters 364, 368–70wages 180, 190Ward, Colin 354Ward, S. J. 365–6, 370watchmakers parable 160Watt, S. E. 131Watts, D. J. 166Watts, T. 131web-based job sites 185WebCT 273, 276, 280–81, 285Weber, Max xviii, 420–21, 427WebMD.com 298Webster, F. 94WebTV 221–2Wei Bu 103welfare stateDenmark 78Finland 49, 67, 69–70, 79–80, 81–2informationalism 429Wellman, Barry 134, 211n16, 347White Overalls 346Wikgren, M. 297, 300Williams, A. 329Williams, P. 297Williams, R. 95, 441Wilson, Sonsini, Goodrich, and Rosati58Winston, B. 95wireless communications 11–12, 219Wolfensberger, D. R. 367women 18–19, 26, 27see also gender gapWoolgar, Steve 130workautomation 444–5flexibility 27, 177, 178–80money 429paid/unpaid 26part-time 27, 180, 181project-based 427reflexivity 179–80self-employment 27, 180, 181temporary 27, 180, 181, 190see also employment; laborworkerscreativity 425–6disadvantaged 188employers 180insecurity 190–91intermediaries 193loyalty 181women 26, 27working hours 26World Bank 344, 352World Economic Forum 49, 51, 344World Social Forum 344, 345, 352World Trade Organization 16, 34, 103,108, 342–4World Wide Web 11, 271–2, 273,276Wozniak, Steve 55Wyatt, S. 131XCADE 356–7