John Clippinger

John is a researcher, entrepreneur, and activist around decentralized, autonomous, self-organizing systems with a focus on generative governance and finance for climate change and social equity.

He is the author of A Crowd of One: The Future of Individual Identity (Perseus, Public Affairs, 2007) and a number of other books and publications. He edited The Biology of Business: Decoding the Natural Laws of Enterprises (Jossey Bass, 1998), contributed to The Reputation Society: How Online Opinions Are Reshaping The Offline World, and co-edited (with David Bollier) From Bitcoin to Burning Man and Beyond: The Quest for Identity and Autonomy in a Digital Society.