An examination of the future of involvement in the internet, and how to turn group action into a reality. 'As crisply argued and as entertaining a book about the internet as has been written' "Daily Telegraph" von Shirky, Clay

In the post-industrial world, a host of factors have forced us to grapple with something we've never had to deal with on a national scale before: free time. Free time creates what Shirky terms a 'cognitive surplus'. And now we are...