In his description of why Open Source works Eric Raymond notes that open source communities don’t operate as command hierarchies or even as exchange economies. Instead they often operate as gift economies:
Gift cultures are adaptations not to scarcity but to abundance. They arise in populations that do not have significant material-scarcity problems with survival goods… [...]
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- The Future of Ideas: the Fate of the Commons in a Connected World by Lawrence Lessig
- The Wealth of Networks : How Social Production Transforms Markets and Freedom by Yochai Benkler
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A public purpose: An experience of Liberal opposition and Canadian government by Tom Kent
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A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber
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Einstein: His Life and Universe by Walter Isaacson
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Open Government: Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice by Daniel Lathrop, Laurel Ruma
Recent books:
- Rick Mercer Report: The Book by Rick Mercer
- Distributed Work by Pamela Hinds and Sara Kiesler (editors)
- The Conservative Soul: How We Lost It, How to Get It Back by Andrew Sullivan
- God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything (Audiobook) by Christopher Hitchens
- Full Disclosure: The Perils and Promise of Transparency by Archon Fung, Mary Graham, David Weil
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