Picked up wonderful writings on 21st century cultural studies and software technology this afternoon.
Below is a magnificent hardcover from MIT Press on the viability of
Free Software Foundation, Libre, and Open Source software. I can't wait to read it.
The other title, Commodify Your Dissent is a collection of essays from The Baffler. From Amazon:
[These] essays analyze the ways in which this Culture Trust has co-opted the power of dissent by appropriating the language and symbolism of nonconformist youth culture, from hippie slang to grunge fashion; in other words, when the media markets rebellion, it becomes just another consumer choice. The result is a highly original book, a satirical and savage indictment of '90s consumerist culture.
