Share or Die

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Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2012-06-19
Publisher(s): New Society Pub
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Summary

America stands at a precipice; limitless consumption, reckless economics, and disregard for the environment have put the country on a collision course with disaster. It's up to a younger generation to rebuild according to new forms of organization, and Share or Dieis a collection of messages from the front lines. From urban Detroit to central Amsterdam, and from worker co-operatives to nomadic communities, an astonishing variety of recent graduates and twenty-something experimenters are finding (and sharing) their own answers to negotiating the new economic order. Their visions of a shared future include: Collaborative consumption networks instead of private ownership Replacing the corporate ladder with a "lattice lifestyle" Do-it-yourself higher education As a call-to-action, "share or die" doesn't only refer to resource depletion, disappearing jobs, or stagnating wages. It refers to social death too, and to finding the common sense ideas and practices needed to not only merely survive, but to build a place where it's worth living. A series of forays into uncharted territory, this graphically rich collection of essays, narratives, and how-tos is an intimate guide to the new economic order and a must-read for anyone attempting to understand what it means to live as part of Generation Y. Malcolm Harrisis the Life/Art channel editor and a writer at Shareable and managing editor at The New Inquiry, a criticism site devoted to collecting and promoting the work of young, unaffiliated writers. Neal Gorenflois the co-founder and publisher of Shareable, a nonprofit online magazine about sharing.

Author Biography

Malcolm Harris is a contributing editor to Shareable.net and The New Inquiry, and a freelance writer in New York. Neal Gorenflo is the cofounder and publisher of Shareable.net, an award-winning nonprofit online magazine about sharing.

Table of Contents

Prefacep. xi
Forewordp. xiii
Introduction: The Get Lost Generationp. 1
Work
Things as Which I've Been Asked to Dress: Life in the Nonprofit Industrial Complexp. 7
Unprepared: From Elite College to the Job Marketp. 17
Quitterp. 29
Take It And Leave It: Inside the Pack of a Modern Nomadp. 33
Heartbeats and Hashtags: Youth in Servicep. 41
The Janus-Faced Craigslist: Comedy, Tragedy and Video Gamesp. 49
Emergent by Designp. 57
Organizing the Precariatp. 63
How to Start A Worker Co-Opp. 71
Intermezzo
Get on the Latticep. 79
Life
The Gen Y Guide to Collaborative Consumptionp. 95
Stranger Dinnersp. 105
Eating Rich, Living Poorp. 113
Flexible Lives, Flexible Relationshipsp. 121
Who Needs an Ivory Tower?p. 129
Detroit, Community Resilience and The American Dreamp. 135
Every Guest a Host: Inside a Nomad Basep. 147
Screening for Gold: How to Find and Keep your Good Housematep. 155
How to Build a Housing Co-Opp. 161
Society
Bad Educationp. 169
Learning Outside the Academyp. 179
Occupy Everythingp. 183
10 ways Our World is Becoming More Shareablep. 195
Notesp. 203
About the Authorsp. 207
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