Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations Contributor(s): Shirky, Clay (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143114948 ISBN-13: 9780143114949 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $16.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2009 Annotation: Shirky examines how technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, and the resulting long-term economic and social effects. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Management - General - Technology & Engineering | Telecommunications - Computers | Information Technology |
Dewey: 303.483 |
Physical Information: 0.73" H x 5.34" W x 7.98" (0.62 lbs) 352 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: "A fascinating survey of the digital age . . . An eye-opening paean to possibility." --The Boston Globe "Mr. Shirky writes cleanly and convincingly about the intersection of technological innovation and social change." --New York Observer An extraordinary exploration of how technology can empower social and political organizers For the first time in history, the tools for cooperating on a global scale are not solely in the hands of governments or institutions. The spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing how people come together and get things done--and sparking a revolution that, as Clay Shirky shows, is changing what we do, how we do it, and even who we are. Here, we encounter a whoman who loses her phone and recruits an army of volunteers to get it back from the person who stole it. A dissatisfied airline passenger who spawns a national movement by taking her case to the web. And a handful of kids in Belarus who create a political protest that the state is powerless to stop. Here Comes Everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them. A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler. |