Yochai Benkler, author of the seminal paper "Coase's Penguin, or Linux and the Nature of the Firm" www.benkler.org/CoasesPenguin.PDF has just published a book titled "The Wealth of Networks: How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom" & released the full text of it under a Creative Commons license in both PDF & wiki form: www.benkler.org/wealth_of_...p/Main_Page
Anybody who has any interest in self organization pretty much has to put reading this book at the top of their to-do list. That is all.
Tim
Anybody who has any interest in self organization pretty much has to put reading this book at the top of their to-do list. That is all.
Tim
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Re: The Wealth of Networks
Fri, April 21, 2006 - 12:42 AMAfter the first hundred pages I need to confirm - this is a must read. This is the first so broad and systematic argumentation supporting the sustainability and essentiality of the peer production economic model. It is also a good basis for thinking how to organize such endeavours - what are the basic requirements for a project to be a good candidate for peer production.
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Re: The Wealth of Networks
Thu, May 11, 2006 - 3:02 AMAnyone finished it? I have 5 pages left. -
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Re: The Wealth of Networks
Fri, May 12, 2006 - 7:57 PMThis looks very interesting...thanks.
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Re: The Wealth of Networks
Mon, May 15, 2006 - 4:59 PMYeah I'm only just starting it myself, I had other matters distract me. I'll get there, soon. And then it'll be time to have some fun, I think.
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