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Will Efficient Social Software Take Your Job Away?

Social software sites like Flickr and Digg aren't just distracting you from your job — they could actually make your job disappear in the next high tech economic revolution. Get ready to retrain yourself right now. A new book by NYU interactive telecommunications professor Clay Shirky, Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing without Organizations, is a good place to start. Although Shirky predicts the demise or extreme downscaling of a lot of familiar jobs right now — everything from design to procedural legal work — he's also got a lot of telling observations about the future of work, social relationships, and even politics, based on years of researching how people communicate online. We cornered Shirky on IM and asked him about the future of our jobs in a world where everyone can publish and collaborate online for free. More »

4:30 PM on Fri Apr 11 2008
By Annalee Newitz
9,720 views, 21 comments

Latest by Asari: The creative firm i work for occasionally farms out projects overseas. One time, a highly-respected creative team from overseas spent two weeks working only on one project. they didn't come up with anything decent, and the client was not happy. So my more »