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Table of Contents
About the Author vii
Preface ix
1. Introduction: The Big Picture 1
2. “We’re not in Kansas anymore” 9
Networked World 10
Globalization 12
Move Bits, not Molecules 13
Capital is Mobile 15
Labor is Mobile and Work is Outsourced 16
Excessive Supply 18
Power to the Buyer 20
Innovate or Die 21
Knowledge is Power 23
24x7 Competition 26
Asymmetries and Asymmetric Threats 27
Summary 29
3. Efficient Thought 31
Knowledge is Power, Ignorance is Not Bliss 34
Plan Ahead 35
Throw the Plan Out 36
Get Murphy before He Gets You 37
Model, Predict, Expect 44
Collect and Assess Evidence 52
Learn from Experience 54
Efficient Thought: The Superior Decision Loop 58
Conclusion 59
4. Information Superiority 61
My Decision Loop is Better than Yours 62
My Sensors are Better than Yours 67
My Information is Better than Yours 69
I Process Information Better than You 72
My Models are Better than Yours 76
I Think More Efficiently than You 77
I Communicate and Control Better than You 78
You Can’t Fool Me 79
Trust Me 80
Work With Me on This 81
Drive the Competition Crazy 83
Get Inside the Opposition’s Decision Loop 83
Summary 84
5. Distributed Intelligent Systems 86
Systems 87
Intelligent Systems 90
Efficient Thought in Intelligent Systems 92
Intelligent Control 95
Humans and Machines as Partners 97
Distribution, Telecommunication, and Coordination 101
Distributed Intelligent Organizations 105
The Architecture of Distributed Intelligence 108
Network-Centric Systems 123
Adaptive and Evolutionary Processes 127
Conclusion 130
6. Hyper-Beings 131
They’re Coming 131
Shape a Salutary Environment 134
Tools and Methods 138
Competitive Advantages 143
Disadvantages and Vulnerabilities 143
Follow the Leaders 145
Implementing and Evolving Information-Superior Systems 146
Personal Entrepreneurship: A New Game Requires New Strategy 164
Jumping Off the Evolutionary Tree 172
7. Summary and Conclusions 177
Notes 179
Index 185