Mine How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by Michael A. Heller James Salzman

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Mine How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by Michael A. Heller James Salzman

Author: Michael A. Heller

“Mine” is one of the first words babies learn. By the time we grow up, the idea of ownership seems natural, whether buying a cup of coffee or a house. But who controls the space behind your airplane seat: you reclining or the squished laptop user behind? Why is plagiarism wrong, but it’s okay to knock-off a recipe or a dress design? And after a snowstorm, why does a chair in the street hold your parking space in Chicago, but in New York you lose the space and the chair?

Mine! explains these puzzles and many more. Surprisingly, there are just six simple stories that everyone uses to claim everything. Owners choose the story that steers us to do what they want. But we can always pick a different story. This is true not just for airplane seats, but also for battles over digital privacy, climate change, and wealth inequality. As Michael Heller and James Salzman show–in the spirited style of Freakonomics, Nudge, and Predictably Irrational–ownership is always up for grabs.

With stories that are eye-opening, mind-bending, and sometimes infuriating, Mine! reveals the rules of ownership that secretly control our lives.

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This is one of the most fascinating, thought-provoking books that I’ve read in a long time, and I couldn’t put it down. Who technically owns digital media once you hit the “buy” button? Who own’s the space around a seat on a plane? The recliner or the person with the leg room? Who owns intellectual property and for how long and is it fair? Most of all, who profits from how ownership works? These are all questions asked in this book as well as much more. Heller and Salzman had me hooked by covering a wide range of topics regarding ownership that really had me thinking, and if you want to get your wheels turning, you need to get this book. Chris Boutté                                                                                            rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

This book reads like Freakonomics and gave me the same sense of being able to look at the world differently. Focusing on the different ways people own things explains everything from arguments over whether you can recline your airplane seat to slowing deforestation. This is a well-written, fun and eye-opening read. Potter1963                                                                                              rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

My intro to ownership design, pretty good narrative with abundant real life examples Ali sattari                                                                                                rated it: 5.0 from 5.0

Definitely a book that will have you challenging your beliefs on what you thought the definition of “mine” aka ownership means. I learned so much in this book. There were places I was sitting there with my mouth wide open like, “you’ve got to be kidding me?!?” and a few other places in the book where I was a tad infuriated in disbelief. If you think you know what you own, you don’t! Get this book and be prepared to learn a thing or two. Amy                                                                                                       rated it: 5.0 from 5.0