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The pirate's dilemma : how youth culture reinvented capitalism
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The pirate's dilemma : how youth culture reinvented capitalism

Author: Matt Mason
Publisher: New York : Free Press, 2008.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st Free Press hardcover edView all editions and formats
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It started with punk. Hip-hop, rave, graffiti, and gaming took it to another level, and now modern technology has made the ideas and innovations of youth culture increasingly intimate and increasingly global at the same time." "In The Pirate's Dilemma, VICE magazine's Matt Mason - poised to become the Malcolm Gladwell of the iPod Generation - brings the exuberance of a passionate music fan and the technological  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Matt Mason
ISBN: 9781416532187 1416532188
OCLC Number: 145145517
Description: 276 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Intro: Enter the lollipop --
Punk capitalism : from D.I.Y. to downloading sneakers --
The Tao of pirates : sea forts, patent trolls, and why we need piracy --
We invented the remix : cut-'n'-paste culture creates some new common ground --
The art of war : street art, branding, and the battle for public space --
Boundaries : disco nuns, the death of the record industry, and our open-source future --
Real talk : how hip-hop makes billions and could bring about world peace --
Ethernomics : pillow fights, happy slaps, and other memes that leave a mark --
Outro: The pirate's dilemma : changing the game theory.
Responsibility: Matt Mason.
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An award-winning music journalist explores the ways that youth culture and rapidly evolving technology are working together to breed innovation and explosively transform mainstream society.  Read more...

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"Reading "The Pirate's Dilemma" is like stepping into a parallel universe [that is] vast and deep...Mason nimbly guides us through decades of the underground youth scene [in a] tour [that] is Read more...

 
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