Progress without permission

Progress Without Permission is about the clash between 21st century digital technologies and the 20th century world of brick-and-mortar institutions. This is a book for people who are fascinated by technology and its impact on society. It's a complete guide to a world where Airbnb revives dead capital and competes with the state to create regulations, where Kickstarter replaces tax collection and helps fund public services, and where Bitcoin allows you to build a parallel society where there are no bosses. The advances brought by the internet are not only competing with analogue businesses and brick-and-mortar shops, but above all with the world of laws, officials and politicians.

In addition, you will read in the book, how anarchy works on the internet, why Karl Marx would love the sharing economy, how any of you can become an Internet judge, why the states wanted to ban eBay, what kind of detectives PayPal employs, who protects consumers over consumer protection and when it is reasonable to ask for forgiveness rather than permission.