Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations

by Clay Shirky

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An interesting overview of how the online world has been changed by social tools like wikipedia. It offers also many examples of how those tools interact with the "real world", dispelling -if it were necessary- the media-induced idea that "cyberspace" and everyday life don't mix.
It is a good read for those that want to discover the realities of social tools and social software and also interesting for those that are already familiar with these things as it offers a way of thinking about those from different perspectives. (

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CarloA | Feb 15, 2013 |

Enjoyed the epilogue the best: really synthesized the rest. I expected this book to be more practical and so when he drove home the practical at the end I appreciated it. (

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shannonkearns | Jul 8, 2012 |

A life-changing book, comparable to The Omnivore's Dilemma in how it reshaped my thinking on a subject. Highly recommended for anyone interested in how the web is impacting social interaction. While Shirky can drift into techno-utopianism from time to time, he seems to always look at the world with fresh eyes. Unlike other writers on the subject, Shirky's prose is clear, and his examples are quite convincing. (

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Patrick311 | Jul 15, 2011 |

A good analysis of the connection between people networks and networking tools etc and the power they unleash when they come together. (

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simbacat | Jun 28, 2011 |

Easy to read, Shirky is a classic author in the emerging technologies field. A must read for librarians interested in social media. (

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21st_c_ann | May 21, 2011 |

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It's the kind of a book that you can open to any page and be delighted by -- especially if you love the Internet -- and the kind of a book that you'll want to read aloud from to your friends.

added by lampbane | editBoing Boing, Cory Doctorow (Feb 28, 2008)

The thing is, Internet books are inevitably either cheerleadery or chidey, and Shirky is a cheerleader.

added by Katya0133 | editTechnology Review, Emily Gould

Shirky's terrific new book, "Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations," is an excellent primer for those journalists who feel confused by the impact technology is having on their
industry.

added by Katya0133 | editNieman Reports, Joshua Benton

Sacrificing rigor for readability, Here Comes Everybody is an entertaining as well as informative romp through some of the Internet’s signal moments.

added by Katya0133 | editIEEE Spectrum, Bruce Schneier

A perceptive appraisal of the contemporary technology-society interface.

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On an afternoon in late May 2006 a woman named Ivanna left her phone in the backseat of a New York City cab.

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An examination of how the rapid spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them, with profound long-term economic and social effects--for good and for ill. Our age's new technologies of social networking are evolving, and evolving us, into new groups doing new things in new ways, and old and new groups alike doing the old things better and more easily. Hierarchical structures that exist to manage the work of groups are seeing their raisons d'e^tre swiftly eroded by the rising tide. Business models are being destroyed, transformed, born at dizzying speeds, and the larger social impact is profound. Clay Shirky is one of our wisest observers of the transformational power of the new forms of tech-enabled social interaction, and this is his reckoning with the ramifications of all this on what we do and who we are.--From publisher description. Discusses and uses examples of how digital networks transform the ability of humans to gather and cooperate with one another.… (more)

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