An extraordinary exploration of how technology can empower social and political organizers For the first time in history, the tools for cooperating on a global scale are not solely in the hands of governments or institutions.
The spread of the internet and mobile phones are changing how people come together and get things done--and sparking a revolution that, as Clay Shirky shows, is changing what we do, how we do it, and even who we are.
Here, we encounter a whoman who loses her phone and recruits an army of volunteers to get it back from the person who stole it.
A dissatisfied airline passenger who spawns a national movement by taking her case to the web.
And a handful of kids in Belarus who create a political protest that the state is powerless to stop.
Here Comes Everybody is a revelatory examination of how the wildfirelike spread of new forms of social interaction enabled by technology is changing the way humans form groups and exist within them.
A revolution in social organization has commenced, and Clay Shirky is its brilliant chronicler.
Drawing from anthropology, economic theory and keen observation,Shirky] makes a strong case that new communication tools are making once-impossible forms of group action possible .
an] extraordinarily perceptive new book.
- Minneapolis Star Tribune Mr.
Shirky writes cleanly and convincingly about the intersection of technological innovation and social change.
- New York Observer.
Penguin Books Here comes everybody: the power of organizing without organizations, paperback/clay shirky
