Here Comes Everybody

Clay Shirky examines how the internet changed the way people form groups. His 2008 book argues that cheap, simple tools for communication let people organize without the backing of traditional institutions. Drawing on examples such as Wikipedia, MySpace and Flickr, Shirky shows how groups share, cooperate and take collective action across distance and cultures. He considers what that shift means for businesses, governments and the media, which once held a monopoly on organizing people at scale.

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Seth Godin: “Clay Shirky's book on social media is a classic for the ages.”