{"id":10437,"date":"2012-10-07T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-10-07T16:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/?p=10437"},"modified":"2012-10-07T09:00:20","modified_gmt":"2012-10-07T16:00:20","slug":"the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content_div-10437\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Title:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Pirates-Dilemma-Reinventing-Capitalism\/dp\/141653220X\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1349615720&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=The+Pirate%27s+Dilemma\" target=\"_blank\">The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Author:<\/strong><a id=\"contributorNameTriggerB001JS8W84\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Matt-Mason\/e\/B001JS8W84\/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1\">Matt Mason<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Paperback:<\/strong> 288 pages<\/li>\n<li><strong>Publisher:<\/strong> Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> English<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-10:<\/strong> 141653220X<\/li>\n<li><strong>ISBN-13:<\/strong> 978-1416532200<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try &#8211; I&#8217;m glad I did, overall.<\/p>\n<p>The author places piracy in a market context &#8211; so instead of knee-jerk reactions, this book studies the affect of free access on markets. &#8220;Pirates highlight areas where choice doesn&#8217;t exist and demand that it does.&#8221; (p. 46) There are a few case studies, most from the music industry &#8211; not surprising since the author was co-founder of a famous British music magazine.\u00a0 I thought the hip-hop study went on too long; otherwise I thought the pacing of the material was good and the style clear and easy to read.<\/p>\n<p>The last part of the book discusses the actual dilemma &#8211; that pirates create a new gap in a market, effectively disrupting it from the very bottom (free). Businesses have two ways to respond:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Legal &#8211; try to shut down the pirates, or<\/li>\n<li>Compete &#8211; try to co-opt the market<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_10438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10438\" data-attachment-id=\"10438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/pirates-dilemma\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg?fit=592%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"592,438\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"The pirate&amp;#8217;s dilemma\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The pirate&amp;#8217;s dilemma&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg?fit=592%2C438&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-10438\" title=\"The pirate's dilemma\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma-300x221.jpg?resize=300%2C221\" alt=\"The pirate's dilemma\" width=\"300\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg?resize=300%2C221&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg?resize=150%2C110&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma.jpg?w=592&amp;ssl=1 592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-10438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The pirate&#8217;s dilemma<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The legal approach only works if the market is niche, marginalized or if the product is upmarket, otherwise competing is the alternative.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re looking for a good book on the positive side of piracy and what it means about and for markets, this is a good choice.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"translate_block\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<hr class=\"translate_hr\" \/>\n<a class=\"translate_translate\" id=\"translate_button_post-10437\" lang=\"en\" xml:lang=\"en\" href=\"javascript:show_translate_popup('en', 'post', 10437);\"><span>Translate<\/span><\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/google-ajax-translation\/transparent.gif?resize=16%2C16&#038;ssl=1\" id=\"translate_loading_post-10437\" class=\"translate_loading colorbox-10437\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"\" \/>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title:The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try &#8211; I&#8217;m glad I did, overall. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3],"tags":[841,1212],"class_list":["post-10437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","tag-entertainmentculture","tag-piracy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 4.9.10 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Title:The Pirate&#039;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I&#039;m glad I did, overall. The\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alephnaught\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"keywords\" content=\"entertainment\/culture,piracy,books\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO (AIOSEO) 4.9.10\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set | Countably infinite and completely empty\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Title:The Pirate&#039;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I&#039;m glad I did, overall. The\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-10-07T16:00:20-07:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2012-10-07T16:00:20-07:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/purplehayz\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@purplehayz\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Title:The Pirate&#039;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I&#039;m glad I did, overall. The\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@purplehayz\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#article\",\"name\":\"The Pirate\\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught & the Null Set\",\"headline\":\"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/author\\\/alephnaught\\\/#author\"},\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/#person\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/pirates-dilemma-300x221.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#articleImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#webpage\"},\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#webpage\"},\"articleSection\":\"Books, Entertainment\\\/Culture, Piracy\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/category\\\/books\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Books\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/category\\\/books\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Books\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/category\\\/books\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism\"},\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/category\\\/books\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Books\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/#person\",\"name\":\"alephnaught\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#personImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f259c96e0d173d910be6c661ba7373b1e02b617edb827dd8d292aabd174f459?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"alephnaught\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/author\\\/alephnaught\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/author\\\/alephnaught\\\/\",\"name\":\"alephnaught\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/0f259c96e0d173d910be6c661ba7373b1e02b617edb827dd8d292aabd174f459?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"alephnaught\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Pirate\\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught & the Null Set\",\"description\":\"Title:The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I'm glad I did, overall. The\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/2012\\\/10\\\/07\\\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/author\\\/alephnaught\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/author\\\/alephnaught\\\/#author\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/\",\"name\":\"Aleph Naught & the Null Set\",\"description\":\"Countably infinite and completely empty\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.alephnaught.com\\\/Blog\\\/#person\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO -->\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught & the Null Set","description":"Title:The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I'm glad I did, overall. The","canonical_url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"entertainment\/culture,piracy,books","webmasterTools":{"miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#article","name":"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught & the Null Set","headline":"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/author\/alephnaught\/#author"},"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/#person"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"http:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/pirates-dilemma-300x221.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#articleImage"},"datePublished":"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00","dateModified":"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00","inLanguage":"en-US","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#webpage"},"isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#webpage"},"articleSection":"Books, Entertainment\/Culture, Piracy"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/#listItem","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Books","item":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#listItem","name":"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism"},"previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog#listItem","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#listItem","position":3,"name":"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/#listItem","name":"Books"}}]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/#person","name":"alephnaught","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#personImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f259c96e0d173d910be6c661ba7373b1e02b617edb827dd8d292aabd174f459?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"alephnaught"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/author\/alephnaught\/#author","url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/author\/alephnaught\/","name":"alephnaught","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/0f259c96e0d173d910be6c661ba7373b1e02b617edb827dd8d292aabd174f459?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"alephnaught"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/","name":"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught & the Null Set","description":"Title:The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I'm glad I did, overall. The","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/author\/alephnaught\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/author\/alephnaught\/#author"},"datePublished":"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00","dateModified":"2012-10-07T09:00:20-07:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/","name":"Aleph Naught & the Null Set","description":"Countably infinite and completely empty","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/#person"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set | Countably infinite and completely empty","og:type":"article","og:title":"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set","og:description":"Title:The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I'm glad I did, overall. The","og:url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/","og:image":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png","og:image:width":1000,"og:image:height":1000,"article:published_time":"2012-10-07T16:00:20-07:00","article:modified_time":"2012-10-07T16:00:20-07:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/purplehayz","twitter:card":"summary","twitter:site":"@purplehayz","twitter:title":"The Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism | Aleph Naught &amp; the Null Set","twitter:description":"Title:The Pirate's Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism Author:Matt Mason Paperback: 288 pages Publisher: Free Press; Reprint edition (May 5, 2009) Language: English ISBN-10: 141653220X ISBN-13: 978-1416532200 I saw this book in a bookstore when we were trading in books and decided to give it a try - I'm glad I did, overall. The","twitter:creator":"@purplehayz","twitter:image":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/WebSiteProfileImage.png"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"10437","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[],"defaultGraph":"","defaultPostTypeGraph":""},"schema_type":null,"schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"location":null,"local_seo":null,"breadcrumb_settings":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"ai":null,"created":"2020-12-21 12:52:51","updated":"2025-06-05 13:25:50","seo_analyzer_scan_date":null},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/\" title=\"Books\">Books<\/a>\n\t\t<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\tThe Pirate\u2019s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism\n\t\t<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog"},{"label":"Books","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/category\/books\/"},{"label":"The Pirate&#8217;s Dilemma: How Youth Culture Is Reinventing Capitalism","link":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/2012\/10\/07\/the-pirates-dilemma-how-youth-culture-is-reinventing-capitalism\/"}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2w3Qj-2Il","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10437\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alephnaught.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}