[Byliner]

Here's a brief excerpt from the book:

http://byliner.com/lawrence-lessig/stories/one-way-forward-e...

If you're looking for a DRM-free version, we made that available via Apple's iBookstore and Google's eBookstore (now known as Google Play). A print-on-demand version is available via Blurb.com. All of these buying options are reachable from the book's page on Byliner:

http://byliner.com/originals/one-way-forward

One aspect of Byliner that's interesting (we hope) is the ability for authors to either update their stories, or provide detail behind their stories. A good example is Jon Krakauer's Three Cups of Deceit. In the months since its publication Jon has added 20,000 words of updates to his story:

http://byliner.com/jon-krakauer/stories/excerpt-three-cups-o...

Most of our authors continue to evolve their stories after publication, to the benefit of readers. We hope that Professor Lessig does the same with One Way Forward, which we were very proud to publish.

[nodata]

I didn't read his book Republic Lost because it wasn't available for the Kindle. Strange to see this book available.

Anyone know why Republic Lost wasn't available?

[Alex3917]

Maybe I'm just in a bad mood right now, but for whatever reason I find this excerpt really uninspiring. There's no doubt that amateurization of culture and politics is part of the solution, but at the same time it's pretty much a non-answer. He's basically just saying we need to wait 50 or 100 years for the world to change, and even then it's a pretty big leap of faith.

[Byliner]

I don't think you'll feel that way about the full book. Send me an email (info in my profile) and I'll send you a complimentary copy. If you enjoy it, you can amend your comment; if not, no foul.

[Gormo]

But people can start disintermediating their lives right now, without having to wait for 'the world' to change. We're seeing more and more of this - it's once again becoming prevalent for individuals families to grow their own food, educate their own children, generate their own energy, etc., and there are a growing body of open, substantive 'amateur' resources for them to turn to for external guidance.

It might take 50 or 100 years for these movements to become dominant, and for the modern institutional centralization of culture and politics to fully recede, but it seems that the way it's most likely to happen is for the 'issues' we now fight over to fade into irrelevance as people gradually cease being dependent on the context of those 'issues', not by one faction or another winning some sort of pitched conflict and imposing reform from the top, downward. I'd think that the success of a top-down reform program would actually demonstrate the failure of its motivating intention.

[bluejeansummer]

Perhaps it's just me, but I am unable to purchase it on Google Play. There is simply no "Purchase" button. I'd like to purchase a DRM-free version, but I don't own any Apple products. Is this a problem on your end, or is it just me?

See http://imgur.com/N9gYW for a screenshot.

[Byliner]

Yep, there's a glitch. We'll look into it. In the meantime, feel free to email me and I'll hook you up with a copy.