Ahhhh, the wager is on. Can web 2.0 make money for companies? Will people continue to work for free?

If you believe Nicholas Carr, people will NOT work for free forever. The economy simply hasn’t figured out how to charge for the model yet.

If you side with Yochai Benkler and the gift economy, people will contribute for free for as long as they are appreciated and moving toward the perceived greater good. Or, in his exact words, the key is:

"managing the marriage of money and nonmoney without making nonmoney feel like a sucker"

I like him.

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I was reading the St. Louis Post Dispatch (the printed version!) one recent morning and came across this associated press story:

On many college campuses, home recipes are what's cooking.

Aside from some ridiculous talk about parents and children born after 1981 being closer than any previous generation, it’s an interesting article highlighting a topic close to all bigwidehearts. Becoming more human.

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