Yochai Benkler gave a great talk tonight in DC.  He's talking about his new book, The Wealth of Networks, coming out at the end of March from the Yale Press.

The book is going to have a big impact.  It focuses on the shared, gift economy that the internet makes possible -- it's a big idea, this new way of working.  Benkler sees clearly how our world has changed out of recognition, and how embracing this shared, collective way of life may have an enormous effect on our future.

If we're allowed to continue working this way, that is.  Enormous incumbent industries are clearly disturbed by what happens on this network of networks, and are doing their best to fight back.