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A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity Hardcover – April 9, 2007

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Great leaps forward in scientific understanding have, throughout history, engendered similar leaps forward in how we understand ourselves. Now, the new hybrid disciplines of evolutionary biology and social physics are making the next leap possible—and fundamentally altering our notions of individual identity. If identity is a fact not derived from within the individual, but conferred on an individual by a group, or network, a host of assumptions about how governments work, how conflicts arise and are resolved, and how societies can be coaxed toward good are overturned.

John Clippinger brilliantly illuminates how the Enlightenment itself—the high point of individual assertiveness—was a product not just of a few moments of individual inspiration and creativity, but rather of a societal shift that allowed innovation and creativity to flourish. Michelangelo owes quite as much to the circumstances of the Renaissance as the Renaissance does to the work of Michelangelo.

Now, the digitalization of society, which affects all of us already, allows new insight into these questions: What does it require for societies, organizations and individuals, to thrive? Who decides who you are? How can happiness be shared and spread? Who can you trust?

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Why do drivers warn people they'll never meet of police traps by flashing their lights? How did eBay's community of trust make it victorious over the competition? Why do terrorists tend to come from richer, better educated families? These are some of the questions posed by Clippinger, a senior fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School. Calling on philosophers, scientists and economists for support, Clippinger looks to human evolution for answers, and expounds on how human phenomena like language and social customs evolved not for individual advancement, but for the benefit of the group. Along the way, the author finds evolutionary forces at work in Renaissance Florence and Enlightenment-era Edinburgh, the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes in the presidency of George W. Bush and the genius of the human immune system in the case of identity fraud Mark Spengler. Despite the data-heavy material, Clippinger has a breezy pace, an impressive breadth of knowledge and a knack for clear explanation that recalls Malcolm Gladwell. The volume's prime weakness is its overbroad range; Clippinger leaves no doubt he's willing to ask interesting questions, but without a central thesis it's hard to hook a reader-much less a crowd.
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"...a heady mix of theory and prescriptive advice." -- Library Journal, May 1, 2007

"fascinating, worthwhile reading... [Clippinger makes] us think about the systems and methods that bind individuals into something bigger than themselves." -- New York Post, May 13, 2007

"fascinating... a glorious overview of what evolutionary biology and neuroscience are telling us...a thoughtful, provocative read." -- OntheCommons.org, April 11, 2007

"stimulating and essentially positive. For that alone, [Clippinger's] contribution to the debate on our common futures is considerable." -- New Scientist, May 5, 2007

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ PublicAffairs; First Edition (April 9, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1586483676
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1586483678
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.5 x 0.75 x 9.5 inches
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  • Hypatia
    3.0 out of 5 stars Grammar Police
    Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2013
    This isn't really a review. Just the Grammar Police, alert, 24/7 to mistakes such as:

    "... validates my view that we need a reality based Earth Game with embedded reality-based budgets, immediately. See Medard Gabel, ****whom***** I hope will develop such a game.

    Should be "who". Object of a subordinate clause. Many people mistakenly use "whom" because they think it sounds fancier.

    Remove the interpolated phrase "I hope", and get: "See Medard Gabel WHOM [I hope] will develop such a game. You'd never say that. So why write it?

    Oh, review: Well, I found it very worthwhile, historically, but can't agree with the proposed "happy ending", much as I would like.

    Some neat stuff on how young men's brains work on P.195-196.
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  • Darryl Parker
    4.0 out of 5 stars Hello Us
    Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2008
    Clippinger makes a reasonable argument for the social component of evolution and the future of humanity. He clearly illustrates the differences in the Darwinian view of individual fitness and the more recent view of community success. Successful individuals are the result many times of successful communities and the influences of those communities.

    In having recently delved deeper into Ayn Rand and her dissertations on reason and ego, I found that the idea of mutual self-interest rang more true to me. Lone wolves are not the stuff of societal success. Community-based reasoning is often the more successful approach as seen in the Renaissance, the Enlightenment and the founding of our own country.

    Clippinger's presentation and its specific analysis of historical precedent is cognitive of today's advances and helped highlight to me that perhaps we are on the edge of another such moment in time.

    Although he touched briefly on terrorism and its community-oriented motivations AND he touched on the benefits of large-scale collaboration, I would have liked to have seen a bit more analysis into how today's collaboration and digital community building is being addressed as a potential security threat to large corporations, countries or any large-scale entity. In the past, outlier assaults were the stuff of only a few minds. Today, massive coordination can occur that could also lead to ideas and horrible "successes" that are bigger than any one member of the offending group. I don't believe all crowds of one are necessarily going to be beneficial or benign...

    Great read.
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  • Remo Steinmetz
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great book about Social Behavior
    Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2007
    John Clippinger's book "A Crowd of One" is a great contribution to bridge the gap between the natural and the human/social sciences on the example on social behavior. He tells us how science helps to understand the principles of individual decisions, identity, networks and social behavior, and how they drive trust, altruism, collaboration and leadership. He illustrates this on actual topics like the war in Iraq and virtual worlds as Second Life. The book is easy to read and to understand.
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