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🌐 Public Domain

Explorations of intellectual property's expiration and the cultural commons, examining what happens when creative works belong to everyone and no one.
Intellectual Property
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2017
Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.
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🏛️ Intellectual Property🏗️ Artificial Scarcity💻 Digital Rights
Intellectual Property Summary
Intellectual Property 88%
Intellectual property creates scarcity where none exists. The winners are no accident.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2017
3.92
181 ratings
🏛️ Intellectual Property🏗️ Artificial Scarcity💻 Digital Rights
Against Intellectual Monopoly
by Michele Boldrin • 2008
Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.
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395
🧠 Intellectual Property💡 Innovation Economics💸 Rent-Seeking
Against Intellectual Monopoly Summary
Against Intellectual Monopoly 87%
Patents and copyrights were meant to fuel invention. The evidence shows they mostly slow it down.
by Michele Boldrin 2008
4.02
395 ratings
🧠 Intellectual Property💡 Innovation Economics💸 Rent-Seeking
Context
by Cory Doctorow • 2011
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
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372
🕸️ Internet Freedom📜 Copyright Reform🔐 Digital Rights
Context Summary
Context 86%
Copyright law failed creators. The internet didn't; the platforms that locked it down did.
by Cory Doctorow 2011
3.66
372 ratings
🕸️ Internet Freedom📜 Copyright Reform🔐 Digital Rights
The Wealth of Networks
by Yochai Benkler • 2006
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
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2k+
🌐 Digital Commons👥 Mass Collaboration💻 Open Source Culture
The Wealth of Networks Summary
The Wealth of Networks 86%
Free, voluntary collaboration now rivals the firm, upending the old rules of economy and democracy.
by Yochai Benkler 2006
3.96
2k+ ratings
🌐 Digital Commons👥 Mass Collaboration💻 Open Source Culture
The Anarchist In The Library
by Siva Vaidhyanathan • 2004
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
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🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons
The Anarchist In The Library Summary
The Anarchist In The Library 86%
The web set free-sharing anarchists against control-hungry oligarchs, and neither side is winning.
by Siva Vaidhyanathan 2004
3.50
175 ratings
🛡️ Digital Rights⚖️ Copyright Politics🏛️ Cultural Commons
This Land Is Our Land
by Ken Ilgunas • 2018
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
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330
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands
This Land Is Our Land Summary
This Land Is Our Land 85%
America once roamed freely across private land. Europe has the rules that could bring that back.
by Ken Ilgunas 2018
4.01
330 ratings
🚶‍♂️ Right To Roam🏡 Land Ownership🏞 Public Lands
Digital Rights Management
by Catherine A Lemmer • 2016
DRM dismantled library lending, privacy, and preservation. Here is where to push back.
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1
🏛️ Library Science🔐 Digital Rights Management⚖️ Copyright Law
Digital Rights Management Summary
Digital Rights Management 85%
DRM dismantled library lending, privacy, and preservation. Here is where to push back.
by Catherine A Lemmer 2016
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1 ratings
🏛️ Library Science🔐 Digital Rights Management⚖️ Copyright Law
Why Bob Dylan Matters
by Richard F. Thomas • 2017
A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.
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⛓️ Intertextuality🪕 Folk Revival🎧 Music Criticism
Why Bob Dylan Matters Summary
Why Bob Dylan Matters 85%
A classicist reveals the ancient texts hidden inside Bob Dylan's most famous lyrics.
by Richard F. Thomas 2017
3.74
1k+ ratings
⛓️ Intertextuality🪕 Folk Revival🎧 Music Criticism
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It
by Jonathan L. Zittrain • 2008
Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.
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🌐 Internet Governance⚖️ Cyberlaw🕸️ Decentralized Networks
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It Summary
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It 85%
Wikipedia and malware share one cause: an open internet. The locked-down alternative kills both.
by Jonathan L. Zittrain 2008
3.86
1k+ ratings
🌐 Internet Governance⚖️ Cyberlaw🕸️ Decentralized Networks
Reinventing Discovery
by Michael Nielsen • 2011
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
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🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence
Reinventing Discovery Summary
Reinventing Discovery 85%
Science's discovery model held for 300 years. Open networks and citizen labs are replacing it.
by Michael Nielsen 2011
3.94
640 ratings
🔓 Open Science🔭 Citizen Science🧠 Collective Intelligence
What Is Property?
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon • 1840
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
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🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
What Is Property? Summary
What Is Property? 85%
Every defense of private property, from first occupation to labor, logically requires its abolition.
by Pierre-Joseph Proudhon 1840
3.78
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Political Economy📜 Property RightsⒶ Anarchist Theory
Shakespeare's Freedom
by Stephen Greenblatt • 2010
Shakespeare dreamed of absolute freedom; his entire career became a record of its limits.
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🎭 Shakespearean Criticism📜 Renaissance Studies🏛️ New Historicism
Shakespeare's Freedom Summary
Shakespeare's Freedom 85%
Shakespeare dreamed of absolute freedom; his entire career became a record of its limits.
by Stephen Greenblatt 2010
3.83
175 ratings
🎭 Shakespearean Criticism📜 Renaissance Studies🏛️ New Historicism
The Intellectual Devotional
by David S. Kidder • 2006
What cultured people know: a page-a-day crash course in seven subjects your schooling skipped.
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🗣️ Cultural Literacy📚 Self-Education📆 Daily Readers
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional 85%
What cultured people know: a page-a-day crash course in seven subjects your schooling skipped.
by David S. Kidder 2006
3.94
4k+ ratings
🗣️ Cultural Literacy📚 Self-Education📆 Daily Readers
Free Speech
by Timothy Garton Ash • 2017
Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.
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🗣️ Free Speech🌐 Internet Freedom📰 Media And Democracy
Free Speech Summary
Free Speech 85%
Free speech was built for a world of nations and newspapers. That world is gone.
by Timothy Garton Ash 2017
3.96
312 ratings
🗣️ Free Speech🌐 Internet Freedom📰 Media And Democracy
Fiber
by Susan P. Crawford • 2018
Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.
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🌐 Internet Infrastructure📡 Telecom Policy⚖️ Regulatory Capture
Fiber Summary
Fiber 85%
Fiber is this century's electricity, and America skipped the wiring job.
by Susan P. Crawford 2018
3.87
159 ratings
🌐 Internet Infrastructure📡 Telecom Policy⚖️ Regulatory Capture
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
by Robert Greenberg • 1998
How ideas, power, and faith shaped every era of Western music, and what to listen for.
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🎵 Classical Music👂 Music Appreciation📜 Music History Surveys
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music Summary
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music 85%
How ideas, power, and faith shaped every era of Western music, and what to listen for.
by Robert Greenberg 1998
4.56
1k+ ratings
🎵 Classical Music👂 Music Appreciation📜 Music History Surveys
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong
by Andrew P. Napolitano • 2011
Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.
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🏛️ Natural Rights🗽 Classical Liberalism🐍 Libertarian Thought
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong Summary
It Is Dangerous to Be Right When the Government Is Wrong 85%
Government doesn't give you your rights; it just punishes anyone who proves it.
by Andrew P. Napolitano 2011
4.26
261 ratings
🏛️ Natural Rights🗽 Classical Liberalism🐍 Libertarian Thought
Coding Freedom
by Gabriella Coleman • 2012
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
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💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography
Coding Freedom Summary
Coding Freedom 85%
They built a free software revolution while insisting they were not political at all.
by Gabriella Coleman 2012
3.82
280 ratings
💻 Hacker Culture🐧 Free Software Movement🌐 Digital Ethnography
For a New Liberty
by Murray N. Rothbard • 1973
One moral law for governments and citizens. Apply it, and the state stands convicted.
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🏫 Austrian Economics🗽 Libertarian Thought⚖️ Natural Rights
For a New Liberty Summary
For a New Liberty 85%
One moral law for governments and citizens. Apply it, and the state stands convicted.
by Murray N. Rothbard 1973
4.28
3k+ ratings
🏫 Austrian Economics🗽 Libertarian Thought⚖️ Natural Rights
A Little History of Literature
by John Sutherland • 2013
Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.
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📚 Literary History🗣️ Storytelling Traditions🏛️ Western Canon
A Little History of Literature Summary
A Little History of Literature 85%
Myths, money, and modernism: how literature got from campfire tales to your e-reader.
by John Sutherland 2013
3.82
2k+ ratings
📚 Literary History🗣️ Storytelling Traditions🏛️ Western Canon
Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music
by Stephen Fry • 2004
13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.
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849
🎼 Classical Music😜 Irreverent History🇬🇧 British Humor
Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music Summary
Stephen Fry's Incomplete & Utter History of Classical Music 85%
13,500 years of classical music made funny: from Pythagorean hammers to Stravinsky's riot.
by Stephen Fry 2004
3.70
849 ratings
🎼 Classical Music😜 Irreverent History🇬🇧 British Humor
The Forum and the Tower
by Mary Ann Glendon • 2011
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
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66
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
The Forum and the Tower Summary
The Forum and the Tower 85%
Lasting law is a two-person job: a thinker and a ruler, together despite themselves.
by Mary Ann Glendon 2011
3.95
66 ratings
🧠 Intellectual History🏛️ Political Philosophy⚖️ Legal History
The Intellectual Devotional
by David S. Kidder
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
3.90
687
📚 Cultural Literacy🇺🇸 American History✌️ The 1960s
The Intellectual Devotional Summary
The Intellectual Devotional 85%
365 readings on the 1960s: the decade that shaped modern America, in five minutes a day.
by David S. Kidder
3.90
687 ratings
📚 Cultural Literacy🇺🇸 American History✌️ The 1960s
Mine!
by Michael A. Heller • 2021
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
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💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution
Mine! Summary
Mine! 85%
Every fight over what is yours comes down to six stories. The law picks the winner.
by Michael A. Heller 2021
4.11
2k+ ratings
💸 Behavioral Economics🏠 Property Rights🤝 Conflict Resolution
Pan Tadeusz
by Adam Mickiewicz • 1834
Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.
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🏛️ Verse Epic📜 National Epic⚔️ Family Feud
Pan Tadeusz Summary
Pan Tadeusz 85%
Tadeusz returns from university to a Lithuanian manor gripped by a blood feud and Napoleon's war.
by Adam Mickiewicz 1834
3.01
20k+ ratings
🏛️ Verse Epic📜 National Epic⚔️ Family Feud
The People's Welfare
by William J. Novak • 1996
Before laissez-faire, 19th-century America ran on local rules: markets, morals, everything.
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🏛️ American Legal History🕰️ 19th-Century America🏘️ Local Self-Government
The People's Welfare Summary
The People's Welfare 85%
Before laissez-faire, 19th-century America ran on local rules: markets, morals, everything.
by William J. Novak 1996
3.88
81 ratings
🏛️ American Legal History🕰️ 19th-Century America🏘️ Local Self-Government
Move Fast and Break Things
by Jonathan Taplin • 2017
How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.
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2k+
🏢 Platform Capitalism🔗 Tech Monopolies🎨 Creative Economy
Move Fast and Break Things Summary
Move Fast and Break Things 85%
How three digital monopolies gutted music and news, and why democracy is their next casualty.
by Jonathan Taplin 2017
3.59
2k+ ratings
🏢 Platform Capitalism🔗 Tech Monopolies🎨 Creative Economy
The Greek Myths
by Robin Waterfield • 2011
All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.
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🏛️ Greek Mythology⚡ Olympian Gods🛡️ Heroic Mythology
The Greek Myths Summary
The Greek Myths 85%
All of Greek myth, from creation to homecoming, told as one continuous and vivid story.
by Robin Waterfield 2011
3.73
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Greek Mythology⚡ Olympian Gods🛡️ Heroic Mythology
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering
by T. O'Conor Sloane • 2009
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
3.08
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⚡ Electrical Engineering📖 Scientific Dictionaries🔌 History Of Electricity
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering Summary
The Standard Electrical Dictionary A Popular Dictionary of Words and Terms Used in the Practice of Electrical Engineering 85%
An electrical engineering dictionary from the year the ether was real and the electron unknown.
by T. O'Conor Sloane 2009
3.08
137 ratings
⚡ Electrical Engineering📖 Scientific Dictionaries🔌 History Of Electricity
Ideas Have Consequences
by Richard M. Weaver • 1948
A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.
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🏛️ Western Civilization🧠 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism
Ideas Have Consequences Summary
Ideas Have Consequences 85%
A 14th-century philosophical error unraveled the West. Fixing it demands harder medicine.
by Richard M. Weaver 1948
4.13
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Western Civilization🧠 Cultural Criticism⚖️ Traditionalist Conservatism
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes
by Andrew Lycett • 2007
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
3.91
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📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes Summary
The Man Who Created Sherlock Holmes 85%
Holmes made him famous and miserable. Doyle preferred séances, battlefields, and righting wrongs.
by Andrew Lycett 2007
3.91
299 ratings
📚 Literary Biography👑 Victorian England🔍 Detective Fiction
Faust
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • 1808
A dissatisfied scholar bets his soul the devil cannot give him a moment worth keeping.
3.89
51k+
😈 Deal With The Devil🥀 Innocence Corrupted💫 Redemptive Love
Faust Summary
Faust 84%
A dissatisfied scholar bets his soul the devil cannot give him a moment worth keeping.
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1808
3.89
51k+ ratings
😈 Deal With The Devil🥀 Innocence Corrupted💫 Redemptive Love
Working in Public
by Nadia Eghbal • 2020
Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.
3.92
951
💻 Open Source Software💰 Creator Economy👁️ Attention Economics
Working in Public Summary
Working in Public 84%
Open source runs on solo maintainers, not communities. The scarcest resource: attention, not code.
by Nadia Eghbal 2020
3.92
951 ratings
💻 Open Source Software💰 Creator Economy👁️ Attention Economics
Bring Back the Bureaucrats
by John DiIulio • 2014
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
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32
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
Bring Back the Bureaucrats Summary
Bring Back the Bureaucrats 84%
Government grew. Bureaucracy didn't. The case for hiring federal workers to make it smaller.
by John DiIulio 2014
3.22
32 ratings
🏛️ Public Administration🔧 Government Reform📄 Outsourcing Critique
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky • 2022
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
4.39
352
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes
The Perks of Being a Wallflower Summary
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 84%
When revolution fails him, a poet retreats to the countryside and memory to rebuild his spirit.
by Stephen Chbosky 2022
4.39
352 ratings
🖋️ Romantic Poetry📜 Verse Autobiography⛰️ Sublime Landscapes
Common Sense
by Thomas Paine • 1776
A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.
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40k+
🇺🇸 American Revolution🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Republicanism
Common Sense Summary
Common Sense 84%
A plain argument that kings and birthright are frauds, and America must walk away now.
by Thomas Paine 1776
4.00
40k+ ratings
🇺🇸 American Revolution🏛️ Political Philosophy🗳️ Republicanism
The Book on the Bookshelf
by Henry Petroski • 1999
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
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1k+
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
The Book on the Bookshelf Summary
The Book on the Bookshelf 84%
Why books once faced the wall and wore chains: the bookshelf as a history of engineering.
by Henry Petroski 1999
3.75
1k+ ratings
📦 Material Culture📖 History Of Reading🏛️ Library History
The Great Agnostic
by Susan Jacoby • 2013
The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.
4.04
720
🏛️ American History📚 Intellectual History🙏 Religious Criticism
The Great Agnostic Summary
The Great Agnostic 84%
The man who drew thousands to hear him speak: why America forgot Robert Ingersoll.
by Susan Jacoby 2013
4.04
720 ratings
🏛️ American History📚 Intellectual History🙏 Religious Criticism
Kybalion
by Three Initiates • 1912
From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.
4.23
17k+
🗿 Greek Sculpture🏛️ Ancient Greece🎭 Myth In Art
Kybalion Summary
Kybalion 84%
From gold trinkets to the Aegina marbles: how Greek sculptors learned to make stone breathe.
by Three Initiates 1912
4.23
17k+ ratings
🗿 Greek Sculpture🏛️ Ancient Greece🎭 Myth In Art
The Indispensable Right
by Jonathan Turley • 2024
Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.
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414
📜 Free Speech History⚖️ Constitutional Law🚫 Cancel Culture
The Indispensable Right Summary
The Indispensable Right 84%
Free speech was America's founding promise and its first betrayal. The pattern is repeating now.
by Jonathan Turley 2024
4.36
414 ratings
📜 Free Speech History⚖️ Constitutional Law🚫 Cancel Culture
The Hacker Crackdown
by Bruce Sterling • 1992
One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties
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3k+
💻 Hacker Culture🌐 Digital Subcultures☎️ Telephone History
The Hacker Crackdown Summary
The Hacker Crackdown 84%
One AT&T crash, one Secret Service raid, and the accidental birth of digital civil liberties
by Bruce Sterling 1992
3.80
3k+ ratings
💻 Hacker Culture🌐 Digital Subcultures☎️ Telephone History
How Music Got Free
by Stephen Richard Witt • 2015
A CD plant worker leaked 2,000 albums from the factory floor. The mp3 did the rest.
4.24
7k+
🎧 Digital Music🏴‍☠️ Digital Piracy📡 Digital Disruption
How Music Got Free Summary
How Music Got Free 84%
A CD plant worker leaked 2,000 albums from the factory floor. The mp3 did the rest.
by Stephen Richard Witt 2015
4.24
7k+ ratings
🎧 Digital Music🏴‍☠️ Digital Piracy📡 Digital Disruption
Story of Civilization
by Will Durant • 1975
Civilization rests on four fragile foundations; remove one, and the whole structure collapses.
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🏛️ History Of Civilization🤔 Philosophy Of History🧬 Social Evolution
Story of Civilization Summary
Story of Civilization 84%
Civilization rests on four fragile foundations; remove one, and the whole structure collapses.
by Will Durant 1975
4.43
2k+ ratings
🏛️ History Of Civilization🤔 Philosophy Of History🧬 Social Evolution
Classical Music for Dummies
by David Pogue • 1997
From plainchant to Stravinsky: how classical music works, what to listen for, and when to clap.
3.95
650
🎻 Classical Music🎧 Listening Guides🏛️ Music History
Classical Music for Dummies Summary
Classical Music for Dummies 84%
From plainchant to Stravinsky: how classical music works, what to listen for, and when to clap.
by David Pogue 1997
3.95
650 ratings
🎻 Classical Music🎧 Listening Guides🏛️ Music History
Intention Economy
by Doc Searls • 2012
The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.
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177
🌐 Internet Commerce💪 Customer Empowerment🔐 Data Ownership
Intention Economy Summary
Intention Economy 84%
The market flipped: when customers bring the data and set the terms, everybody wins.
by Doc Searls 2012
3.71
177 ratings
🌐 Internet Commerce💪 Customer Empowerment🔐 Data Ownership
The True and Only Heaven
by Christopher Lasch • 1991
Progress is exhausted; the only usable past belongs to those who doubted it.
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382
🕰️ Critique Of Modernity🧠 Intellectual History🎭 Cultural Criticism
The True and Only Heaven Summary
The True and Only Heaven 84%
Progress is exhausted; the only usable past belongs to those who doubted it.
by Christopher Lasch 1991
4.36
382 ratings
🕰️ Critique Of Modernity🧠 Intellectual History🎭 Cultural Criticism
Preface to Shakespeare
by Samuel Johnson • 1778
Why Shakespeare's greatness survives his flaws: Samuel Johnson's landmark verdict from 1778.
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🎭 Shakespeare Criticism🏛️ Neoclassical Criticism⚖️ Taste And Judgment
Preface to Shakespeare Summary
Preface to Shakespeare 84%
Why Shakespeare's greatness survives his flaws: Samuel Johnson's landmark verdict from 1778.
by Samuel Johnson 1778
3.62
376 ratings
🎭 Shakespeare Criticism🏛️ Neoclassical Criticism⚖️ Taste And Judgment
Cognitive Surplus
by Clay Shirky • 2010
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
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6k+
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation
Cognitive Surplus Summary
Cognitive Surplus 84%
Spare time, once captive to television, is now building public goods at the scale of nations.
by Clay Shirky 2010
3.83
6k+ ratings
🏭 Peer Production🎬 Participatory Culture🧠 Intrinsic Motivation
The People's Platform
by Astra Taylor • 2012
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
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610
🖥️ Internet Culture🏭 Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy
The People's Platform Summary
The People's Platform 84%
Digital abundance set culture free and made it cheap. Platforms got rich; creators got precarious.
by Astra Taylor 2012
4.04
610 ratings
🖥️ Internet Culture🏭 Platform Capitalism👁️ Attention Economy
Liberalism
by Ludwig von Mises • 1927
Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.
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2k+
🏛️ Classical Liberalism🇦🇹 Austrian Economics🛒 Free Markets
Liberalism Summary
Liberalism 84%
Peace is not natural: it must be built on property rights, free trade, and limited government.
by Ludwig von Mises 1927
4.17
2k+ ratings
🏛️ Classical Liberalism🇦🇹 Austrian Economics🛒 Free Markets
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