The Power of “We”

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“THE POWER OF US: Mass Collaboration on THE INTERNET Is Shaking Up Business” —Cover/BusinessWeek/

Skype: 41M users, 150K/day “ … a self-sustaining phone system that requires no central capital investment—just the willingness of its users to share” (BW/06.05) “It’s almost like an organism” (Skype CEO Niklas Zennstrom)

“The nearly 1 billion people online worldwide—along with their shared knowledge, social contacts, online reputations, computing power, and more—are rapidly becoming a collective force of unprecedented power. For the first time in human history, mass cooperation across time and space is suddenly economical.” —BW/

“There’s a fundamental shift in power happening. Everywhere, people are getting together and, using the Internet, disrupting whatever activities they’re involved in.” —Pierre Omidyar, founder, eBay

“What sets the new technologies apart from those of the Internet’s first generation is their canny way of turning self-interest into social benefit—and real economic value.” —BW/06.05

“The architecture of participation” —Tim O’Reilly/Tech-book publisher

“Give a little, take a lot.” —open source motto (BW cover/0131/on Linux)

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“Blogging made my year!” —TP Portal! Conversations! Collaboration! New value!

Globalization1.0: Countries globalizing ( ) Globalization2.0: Companies globalizing ( ) Globalization3.0 (2000+) : Individuals collaborating & competing globally Source: Tom Friedman/The World Is Flat