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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
''[ | '''[[Program_Schedule#Thursday.2C_September_8.2C_2011|Thursday, September 8]], 2:30pm-3:30pm'''<br/> | ||
''Format'': Introductory Lecture and Moderated Discussion<br/> | ''Format'': Introductory Lecture and Moderated Discussion<br/> | ||
''Lead'': Yochai Benkler | ''Lead'': [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/ybenkler Yochai Benkler] | ||
''Participants'': Aaron Shaw, Benjamin Mako Hill, Mayo Fuster Morell | ''Participants'': [http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/ashaw Aaron Shaw], [http://civic.mit.edu/team/benjamin-mako-hill Benjamin Mako Hill], [http://eui.academia.edu/MayoFusterMorell Mayo Fuster Morell] | ||
This session will center on the ways in which new technologies harness and fuel new forms of | This session will center on the ways in which new technologies harness and fuel new forms of cooperation by lowering costs and enabling collaboration that can be transformative for business, government, and society at large. Yochai Benkler will lead a discussion on emerging cooperative models and their impact on business processes, smarter technology, economic reform, volunteer contributions to research, and other benefits. This session will also engage several Berkman Fellows who are conducting observational and experimental research on the underlying social, psychological, and evolutionary mechanisms that affect cooperation, collaboration, dispute resolution, trust, and social and economic exchange. Wikipedia will provide an example through which to gain a deeper sense of the breadth and depth of the phenomenon of online cooperation, as well as illuminating the offline cooperation which forms the foundation of our societies. | ||
cooperation by lowering costs and enabling collaboration that can be transformative for business, | |||
government, and society at large. Yochai Benkler will lead a discussion on emerging cooperative | |||
models and their impact on business processes, smarter technology, economic reform, volunteer | |||
contributions to research, and other benefits. This session will also engage several Berkman | |||
Fellows who are conducting observational and experimental research on the underlying social, | |||
psychological, and evolutionary mechanisms that affect cooperation, collaboration, dispute | |||
resolution, trust, and social and economic exchange. Wikipedia will provide an example through | |||
which to gain a deeper sense of the breadth and depth of the phenomenon of online cooperation, | |||
as well as illuminating the offline cooperation which forms the foundation of our societies. | |||
==Required Readings== | ==Required Readings== | ||
Revision as of 16:04, 30 July 2011
Overview
Thursday, September 8, 2:30pm-3:30pm
Format: Introductory Lecture and Moderated Discussion
Lead: Yochai Benkler
Participants: Aaron Shaw, Benjamin Mako Hill, Mayo Fuster Morell
This session will center on the ways in which new technologies harness and fuel new forms of cooperation by lowering costs and enabling collaboration that can be transformative for business, government, and society at large. Yochai Benkler will lead a discussion on emerging cooperative models and their impact on business processes, smarter technology, economic reform, volunteer contributions to research, and other benefits. This session will also engage several Berkman Fellows who are conducting observational and experimental research on the underlying social, psychological, and evolutionary mechanisms that affect cooperation, collaboration, dispute resolution, trust, and social and economic exchange. Wikipedia will provide an example through which to gain a deeper sense of the breadth and depth of the phenomenon of online cooperation, as well as illuminating the offline cooperation which forms the foundation of our societies.
Required Readings
- Yochai Benkler, "The Unselfish Gene", Harvard Business Review," July 2011.
- Cooperation at the Berkman Center
Recommended Readings
- The Penguin and the Leviathan: How Cooperation Triumphs Over Self-Interest, (Crown Business) August, 2011.
For information on The Wealth of Networks, click here.