From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism

How the "do-it-yourself" culture of the 1960s — the counterculture, the Whole Earth Catalogs, the communes — transformed into the culture of Silicon Valley. The connection between a playful, experimental spirit and real technological transformation. The book dismantles the idea that technological innovation arises from corporate plans; it arises from communities of practice with a shared ethos. Very connected to the "just for fun" axis — important things often start without pretending to be important. And they cannot be manufactured top-down, which is precisely what makes them powerful.