Yochai Benkler is the Berkman Professor of Entrepreneurial Legal Studies at Harvard University. Since the 1990s, he has been a leading scholar in the role of collaboration in information technology, business, society, and culture, and his work has been featured in The Economist, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Time Magazine. His previous book, The Wealth of Networks, was named best business book about the future by Strategy + Business Magazine.
"For the last several centuries, many of our deeply held beliefs
have been shaped by the view that human beings are fundamentally
motivated by self-interest. In his latest work, Benkler (The Wealth
of Networks) challenges this long-held view, asserting that the
spirit of human cooperation is stronger than selfishness a view
that will likely revolutionize business, economics, technology,
government, and human interaction in the future... His pertinent
examples bring his ideas to life."
--Publishers Weekly "Yochai Benkler is the smartest thinker we have
on the effects of the internet on society. In The Penguin and the
Leviathan, he lays out the ways that larger, looser, freer
collaborations are transforming how we think about work and about
the value we give and get from each other."
--Clay Shirky, bestselling author of Here Come Everybody and
Cognitive Surplus "Benkler speaks the truth on every page --
presenting a brighter vision of human nature that we keep insist on
denying for no good reason."
--Tim Wu, bestselling author of The Master Switch and professor,
Columbia Law School ..".a solid swipe at blind adherence to "free
market" dogma. Comprehensive and provocative."
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