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Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization.
About Yochai Benkler
Yochai Benkler has been called "the leading intellectual of the information age." He proposes that volunteer-based projects such as Wikipedia and Linux are the next stage of human organization and... Full bio and more links »
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