1. Empire of Connected Things: Carna Surveils the Realm
The Demographics of Diffusion
Information Technology and the New World Order
Pax Romana, Britannica, Americana
The Balaceras of Monterrey
The Internet Is Also a Surveillance State
The Wars Only Bots Will Fight
The Political Empire of Connected Things
2. Internet Interregnum: Discovering the UglyGorilla
The Demographics of Diffusion
The Zapatistas Reboot History
States Don₂t Own It, Though They Fight Hard to Control It
But It's Not a Westphalian-or Feudal-World
3. New Maps for the New World: Mapping Hispaniola
Dictators and Dirty Networks
Governments, Bad and Fake
The Dictator's Digital Dilemma
Dirty Networks, Collapsing
4. Five Premises for the Pax Technica: Learning from the Internet Interregnum
First Premise: The Internet of Things Is Being Weaponized
Second Premise: People Use Devices to Govern
Third Premise: Digital Networks Weaken Ideologies
Fourth Premise: Social Media Solve Collective Action Problems
Fifth Premise: Big Data Backs Human Security
Defining the Pax Technica
5. Five Consequences of the Pax Technica: Empire of Bits-A Scenario
First Consequence: Networked Devices and the Stability of Cyberdeterrence
Second Consequence: Governance Through the Internet of Things
Third Consequence: From a Clash of Civilizations to a Competition Between Device Networks
Fourth Consequence: Connective Action and Crypto Clans
Fifth Consequence: Connective Security and Quality of Life
The Downside of Connective Security
6. Network Competition and the Challenges Ahead: My Girlfriend Went Shopping ... in China
Authoritarian, but Social
DRM for the Material World?
Other Challenges (That Are Lesser Challenges)
Rival Devices on Competing Networks
7. Building a Democracy of Our Own Devices: Your Coffee Betrays You
Internet Succession: Computers, Mobiles, Things
The Hope and Instability of Hackers and Whistle Blowers
Firing the Social Scientists-and Training New Ones
Putting the Civic into the Internet of Things, Domestically
Device Networks and Foreign Affairs
How Can You Thrive in the Pax Technica?
