Contents
Welcome to the Future, or, The Birth of Sharing
Freedom of Information Act(ion)
How Connectors Feed the Magic of Sharing
Why the Aggregation of Influence Is a Bad Thing
A Brief State of the Internet Union
The Dangers of Replicating Bias and Exclusion Online
On the Internet, Everybody Knows You’re a Dog
How Sharing Inspires Social Change
Authenticity, the Great Equalizer
Know Your Network, Know Yourself
The Anatomy of Organic Authority
Institutional Authority on the Hot Seat
Size Doesn’t Matter—Relationships Do
Avoiding the Newest Numbers Trap
I’m Not Dead Yet: Stopping Info Misflow
Your Network’s Role in Building and Managing Your Authority—Sanely
Free-For-All Organizing, and the Secret Tyrants We All Are
How to Be a Useful Agent of Change
Lions and Tigers and Bears! Oh, My(Space)! The Fears People Have
The Benefits Far Outweigh the Hard Parts