Book Review: ‘Ours to Hack and to Own’

Summary

If you’ve ever wondered about how a new, collaborative, sustainable, democratic economy might work, the new book, “Ours to Hack and to Own: The Rise of Platform Cooperativism, a New Vision for the Future of Work and a Fairer Internet,” is for you.

The book is edited by Trebor Scholz and Nathan Schneider, the organizers of the Platform Co-operativism events in New York, who have really put this movement on the map. With contributions from scores of contributors and case studies of working platform co-ops, as well as guidance for any would-be platform founders and designers, “Ours to Hack and Own” provides the most comprehensive summary of the burgeoning platform co-op movement to date.