A new mode of production has emerged in the areas of software and
content production. This mode, which is based on sharing and
cooperation, has spawned whole mature operating systems such as
GNU/Linux as well as innumerable other free software applications;
giant knowledge bases such as the Wikipedia; a large free culture
movement; and a new, wholly decentralized medium for spreading,
analyzing and discussing news and knowledge, the so-called
blogosphere. So far, this new mode of production-peer
production-has been limited to certain niches of production, such
as information goods. This book discusses whether this limitation
is necessary or whether the potential of peer production extends
farther. In other words: Is a society possible in which peer
production is the primary mode of production? If so, how could such
a society be organized? Is a society possible where production is
driven by demand and not by profit? Where there is no need to sell
anything and hence no unemployment? Where competition is more a
game than a struggle for survival? Where there is no distinction
between people with capital and those without? A society where it
would be silly to keep your ideas and knowledge secret instead of
sharing them; and where scarcity is no longer a precondition of
economic success, but a problem to be worked around? It is, and
this book describes how.
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