Explores the social construction of knowledge in the digital space. Draws heavily on swarm theory and the phenomenon of convergence. ( )

My review is at http://blog.tarn.org/2009/01/30/book-... It concludes as follows.

Infotopia provides a valuable and informative summary of some important concepts. Its measured and thoughtful tone stands out amongst works of a more evangelical nature that cover similar ground, and is therefore highly recommended. There are gaps, but perhaps in time those will be filled by others. ( )

Technology

Smart, well thought out, and balanced book. The best book I've read about the implications of Wikipedia, blogs etc.

It reads like the first half of a book, and I kind of wish he'd waited until he had some more concrete conclusions. But maybe it's not a bad thing to have an open ended book on this subject. I recommend it. ( )

http://www.worldchanging.com/archives... - review by Ethan Zuckerman. ( )