Some books come and go very quickly. Others are stickier and crystallize and capture a moment in time. CauseWired [1] by Tom Watson fits perfectly into the latter category.
Over the past decade or so a growing field of peer-to-peer philanthropy efforts powered by new social media tools like blogs and cell phones has created an array of ground-breaking efforts such as Kiva [2], DonorsChoose [3], and Change.org [4].
All of these efforts are taking place within the context of the emergence of an enormous generation, the 70 million-plus Millennials, of idealist activists. (For our purposes, we call them Social Citizens!) Watson captures the importance of social citizens with an empathy and clarity that is too often overlooked by writers and activists with Watson's experience.
At first glance the ribald, roiling world of online activism can feel overwhelmingly chaotic -- and that's exactly why CauseWired is so important. Watson makes sense of this new world by using real-world people and stories and creates a fun, fast read -- go and get yourself a copy!
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