Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky

"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.

Clay Shirky spends his days advising, teaching, and writing about the social and economic implications of Internet technologies. Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Era (2010) and Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations (2008) are two of his latest books on the subject. At New York University, he holds a combined appointment as an associate arts professor in the Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP) and an associate professor in the journalism department. He was also the Edward R. Berkman Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society, and he was the Edward R. Berkman Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society. In 2010, Murrow visited Harvard's Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy as a Visiting Lecturer.

His writing has appeared in The New York Times, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, and Harvard Business Review, and his TED Talks have been viewed by millions. He graduated from Yale. He currently resides in New York City.

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ISBN 13	9780143114949
ISBN 10	0143114948
Title	Here Comes Everybody
Author	Clay Shirky
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penguin Putnam Inc
Year published	2009-02-24
Number of pages	352
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