Introduction: the difference that doesn't make a difference -- The promise machine: between "techno-failure" and market failure -- Creative destruction and the new socialities -- Failure, forgotten: on buffering, latency, and the monetization of waiting -- Too big to fail: banks, derivatives,...

Derivatives were responsible for one of the worst financial meltdowns in history, one from which we have not yet fully recovered. However, they are likewise capable of generating some of the most incredible wealth we have ever seen. This book asks how we might ensure the latter while avoiding...