Tag: Book reviews

Moving from the Excess Economy to the Enough Economy

By Phil Mitchell

03.11.13, 4:52pm Comments (0)

"Anyone who believes exponential growth can go on forever in a finite world is either a madman or an economist" – Kenneth Boulding
"Gross National Product measures everything, except that which makes life worthwhile. Read more »

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of YouTube Videos

By Mike Brown

02.11.13, 6:49am Comments (1)

I picked up Viral Spiral from the Boston Public Library because it was the oldest book that I could find that referenced the Sharing Economy. I thought that it would be good to learn about the events that led up to the explosion of the sharing movement as we know it. Read more »

There Is An Alternative

By Charles Eisenstein

02.29.12, 11:29am Comments (14)

Charles Eisenstein reviews David Graeber's magisterial new book Debt: The First 5000 Years Read more »

Fiction of a Future Age

By Paul M. Davis

08.17.10, 9:51am Comments (8)

It’s an uncertain time for emerging authors: the traditional model of getting a book published no longer holds. Read more »

Here Comes Everything: A Review of Clay Shirky’s Cognitive Surplus

By Paul M. Davis

07.13.10, 9:17am Comments (1)

Upon the release of his divisive 2008 book Here Comes Everybody, Clay Shirky was besieged by media professionals: "what will happen to our careers in the brave new world of amateur media?" they asked. Read more »

Don't Read Any Farther: A Review of Reality Hunger

By Howard Silverman

04.03.10, 7:26am Comments (5)

Truth is more urgent than fiction.
It's a feeling that anyone reading environmental reports (like, say, “Planetary Boundaries,” or even “NASA Data Reveal Major Groundwater Loss in California”) knows well. Read more »

Cory Doctorow Releases New Book Under Creative Commons

By Jeremy Adam Smith

10.28.09, 12:11pm Comments (0)

The shareable novel has arrived: Today, geek demigod Cory Doctorow releases his new book, Makers, as a " free, Creative Commons download, under a NonCommercial-ShareAlike license that allows you to remix it to your heart's content and share . Read more »