Open Source Democracy

by Douglas Rushkoff

Open Source Democracy by Douglas Rushkoff

Genres: Politics

96 pages, Paperback

First published October 6, 2003

About the author

Douglas Rushkoff is a New York-based writer, columnist and lecturer on technology, media and popular culture.

Reviews

[Dayal · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very nice little book that takes you for a stroll through history leading to today's (or maybe tomorrow's) open source democracy. I advise it to all!

A note for mathematicians (and those that are bothered by approximative\inaccurate popular science):
As a mathematician, I was frustrated, as always, by the many wrong claims made when trying to use mathematical notions as a comparison\example. This always happens, but surely could be avoided if authors stuck to what they know, or if they found\had a friendly mathematician to talk to.

[LaanSiBB]

This book is more like a poem written in the early internet age, in which scientific analyses are loose with a lot of leftist reflections. Though, still an interesting read to compare with current digital governance movement, where state power has already started adopting technology and emerge with democratic need.

[Tony · Rating 5 out of 5]

Available for free via Project Gutenberg
http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10753

[Rahenda · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book shows how new type of flat organisation can emerge by referring to how software developers created the open source movement