What+does+this+mean+for+us?

Beatrix Potter is quoted as saying ‘thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality!’

The implications of this wave of ‘self-collaboration’ and individual knowledge sourcing, is that people, and organisations, are getting more creative as people are teaching themselves, and learning via the resources around them. Everything you want to know is available on the web. There is even a big movement called the ‘free culture’ movement who believe that everything should be free (you should not be punished for pirating a movie for example, and should be able to share it will the world). There is a great book by Lawrence Lessig on Free Culture that you can download for free; in addition you are able to watch the video about why free culture is so important: [] [] defines a free culture is ‘one where all members are free to participate in its transmission and evolution, without artificial limits on who can participate or in what way’; and is all about promoting:
 * creativity and innovation;
 * communication and free expression;
 * public access to knowledge;
 * and citizens' civil liberties