"At the dawn of the new millennium, Net users are developing a much more efficient and enjoyable way of working together: cyber-communism." Richard Barbrook. Read more »
For decades, Congress has delegated the fate of our public lands, the air, water, and wildlife to federal agencies, where a familiar dynamic of regulatory capture and corruption quickly takes root. Read more »
First there was Friendster, then there was Myspace, now we have Facebook. Like empires, each succeeding social networking platform seems like the last, but each has had its own expiration date. Read more »
Jonathan Salem Baskin’s provocative book Histories of Social Media challenges the notion that social media is an unprecedented phenomenon, examining historical precursors to the social networks of today, from the Bayeux Tapestry, a Medieval &ld. Read more »
Societies have been social since civilization began. It’s what societies do (hence the shared latin root socius, for “allied” or “friend”). Read more »
Latitude and Shareable Magazine recently released the findings of The New Sharing Economy study, which uncovered new opportunities for entrepreneurs, investors, and established companies in the emerging sharing economy. Read more »
Shareable Magazine and Latitude Research's The New Sharing Economy study released today indicates that online sharing does indeed seem to encourage people to share offline resources such as cars and bikes, largely because they are learning to tru. Read more »
In a recent talk about the open source movement, Tim O'Reilly, the founder of O'Reilly Media, plugged Code for America. Code for America is social enterprise that matches city governments with volunteer web 2. Read more »
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