Yochai Benkler's ground-breaking Wealth of Networks is now up for reading and annotation here. By now, the lives of everyone in the United States are somehow affected by the Internet and information technology, even if one does not own a computer. Decisions concerning both major and minor aspects of our daily experiences, from how our [...]

John Donne knew that an island is a bad metaphor for a man, so Jack Balkin has provided a new comparison for humans: a computer. Balkin's Cultural Software is now up and free for reading and annotation. Cultural Software suggests a new method to explaining why cultures of the same species evolve so differently. Human [...]

Jack Balkin's 1998 classic is coming soon to Yale Books Unbound. Cultural Software explained ideology as a result of the cultural evolution of bits of cultural knowhow, or memes. It was the first book to apply theories of cultural evolution to the problem of ideology and justice.

If you missed Jonathan Zittrain's event in New York two Friday's ago, you can watch the video here. Zittrain is the author of The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It, a book that gives the dark back-story to a tale we already know well. Everyone understands that the Internet's mind-blowing expansion in the [...]

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