organizing without organizations

March 25, 2008 7:38 PM

Clay Shirky, professor at ITP - NYU, often linked to at MeFi, presents at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet & Society on the ideas in his new book on organizing without organizations.

Shirky blogs about his book and the coverage that it's getting.

posted by gen (5 comments total)

It's basically a book about Metafilter, as far as I can tell. I'll buy it!
posted by odasaku at 8:26 PM on March 25, 2008

thanks
posted by es_de_bah at 7:33 AM on March 26, 2008

Shirky blogs about his book and the coverage that it's getting.

If this thread is any indicator, interest appears to be somewhat scant.
posted by PeterMcDermott at 2:08 AM on March 27, 2008

I'm interested in the follow-up, Disorganizing with Disorganizations.
posted by mullingitover at 2:50 AM on March 27, 2008

here's a review/interview...

It exists today because, again, today people care enough to defend it. That's one of the really big shifts. People in traditional media often miss this, because they think they're seeing the replacement of one product with another product, when in fact they're seeing the replacement of products generally with processes generally...

What they're not used to is the idea that the users effectively have a bargain with one another, that there is among the user population a sense that this is how we will all treat or deal with one another when operating together. And that bargain in social situations is as important—in some cases more important—than the business-to-individual bargain.

another interview and talk :P

[cf. bruces on benkler]

cheers!
posted by kliuless at 5:47 PM on April 3, 2008