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| author | Ralph Amissah <ralph@amissah.com> | 2015-09-29 23:58:12 -0400 |
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| committer | Ralph Amissah <ralph@amissah.com> | 2015-09-30 00:17:17 -0400 |
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diff --git a/data/samples/current/en/the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst b/data/samples/current/en/the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst index 828dbdd..bf7935b 100644 --- a/data/samples/current/en/the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst +++ b/data/samples/current/en/the_wealth_of_networks.yochai_benkler.sst @@ -5786,6 +5786,8 @@ We are in the midst of a quite basic transformation in how we perceive the world We have an opportunity to change the way we create and exchange information, knowledge, and culture. By doing so, we can make the twentyfirst century one that offers individuals greater autonomy, political communities greater democracy, and societies greater opportunities for cultural self-reflection and human connection. We can remove some of the transactional barriers to material opportunity, and improve the state of human development everywhere. Perhaps these changes will be the foundation of a true transformation toward more liberal and egalitarian societies. Perhaps they will merely improve, in well-defined but smaller ways, human life along each of these dimensions. That alone is more than enough to justify an embrace of the networked information economy by anyone who values human welfare, development, and freedom. +--~# + 1~blurb Blurb _1 "In this book, Benkler establishes himself as the leading intellectual of the information age. Profoundly rich in its insight and truth, this work will be the central text for understanding how networks have changed how we understand the world. No work to date has more carefully or convincingly made the case for a fundamental change in how we understand the economy of society." Lawrence Lessig, professor of law, Stanford Law School @@ -5804,6 +5806,8 @@ The author's website is: http://www.benkler.org/ The books may be purchased at bookshops, including { Amazon.com }http://www.amazon.com/Wealth-Networks-Production-Transforms-Markets/dp/0300110561/ or at { Barnes & Noble }http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?isbn=0300110561 +--+# + % Not final copy: markup not final, output numbering is therefore subject to change % italics need checking |