What Happens to Workers When They Don’t Take Knowledge Home?

What Happens to Workers When They Don’t Take Knowledge Home?

[steward brand and o’reilly: whole earth catalgue’s motto was ‘access to tools’. brand saw today as the best time ever to create things as we had more access to tools than at any other time. this hippy notion extended to the internet and open source software, which is when o’reilly comes in. he championed open source in a way similar to stallman.]

[access to tools, but access to knowledge]

For those of you who haven’t been keeping up with Tim O’Reilly, these days he’s pondering the future of business. Since it’s O’Reilly, this thinking is branded, has a newsletter, a Twitter account, and a conference. Sadly, “Next:Economy” isn’t as sticky as “Web 2.0.” To understand what makes a “Next:Economy” company, dive in here. 

It’s all pretty expected, but