The Penguin and the Leviathan
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The Penguin and the Leviathan is a book by legal scholar Yochai Benkler that argues human cooperation and intrinsic motivation are more powerful drivers of social and economic organization than self-interest alone.
All labels observed (1)
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| The Penguin and the Leviathan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9674076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Penguin and the Leviathan Context triple: [Yochai Benkler, notableWork, The Penguin and the Leviathan]
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The Penguin
The Penguin is a deformed, crime-lord supervillain in the Batman universe, portrayed as a tragic and grotesque antagonist in the film "Batman Returns."
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Leviathan
Leviathan is a towering steel giga coaster at Canada's Wonderland renowned for its extreme height, speed, and steep first drop.
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Leviathan
Leviathan is Thomas Hobbes’s seminal 1651 philosophical treatise that lays out a foundational theory of the social contract and the necessity of a powerful sovereign to maintain order.
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Leviathan
Leviathan is a critically acclaimed 2004 progressive/sludge metal concept album by Mastodon inspired by Herman Melville’s novel "Moby-Dick."
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Leviathan
"Leviathan" is a 1992 novel by Paul Auster that blends mystery, political intrigue, and metafiction as it follows a writer investigating the life and radicalization of a deceased friend.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Penguin and the Leviathan Target entity description: The Penguin and the Leviathan is a book by legal scholar Yochai Benkler that argues human cooperation and intrinsic motivation are more powerful drivers of social and economic organization than self-interest alone.
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A.
The Penguin
The Penguin is a deformed, crime-lord supervillain in the Batman universe, portrayed as a tragic and grotesque antagonist in the film "Batman Returns."
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B.
Leviathan
Leviathan is a towering steel giga coaster at Canada's Wonderland renowned for its extreme height, speed, and steep first drop.
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Leviathan
Leviathan is a clandestine, global criminal and terrorist organization in DC Comics, often depicted as a major adversary of Batman and other heroes.
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Leviathan
"Leviathan" is a 1992 novel by Paul Auster that blends mystery, political intrigue, and metafiction as it follows a writer investigating the life and radicalization of a deceased friend.
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Leviathan
"Leviathan" is a 2014 Russian drama film by Andrey Zvyagintsev that critiques corruption and power in contemporary Russia through the tragic story of a man fighting to save his home.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | book ⓘ |
| arguesAgainst | purely self-interested models of human behavior ⓘ |
| author | Yochai Benkler ⓘ |
| centralClaim |
human cooperation is a powerful driver of social and economic organization
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intrinsic motivation can be more important than self-interest alone ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| genre |
non-fiction
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social science book ⓘ |
| hasFormat |
ebook
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hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ |
| hasISBN10 | 0307590161 ⓘ |
| hasISBN13 | 9780307590169 ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
academics
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business leaders ⓘ general readers ⓘ policy makers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| libraryOfCongressClassification | HM1211.B46 2011 ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
designing institutions that foster cooperation
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limits of incentive-based management ⓘ role of trust in organizations ⓘ social motivations in economic life ⓘ |
| mediaType |
digital
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print ⓘ |
| notableFor | popularizing research on cooperation for a general audience ⓘ |
| pageCount | 272 ⓘ |
| placeInAuthorCareer |
follows The Wealth of Networks
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linked to:
The Wealth of Networks
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| publicationYear | 2011 ⓘ |
| publisher | Crown Business ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
commons-based peer production
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cooperation ⓘ motivation crowding-in ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor | The Wealth of Networks ⓘ |
| subject |
behavioral economics
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economic organization ⓘ human cooperation ⓘ intrinsic motivation ⓘ organizational theory ⓘ social organization ⓘ |
| usesEvidenceFrom |
behavioral economics experiments
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evolutionary biology ⓘ neuroscience ⓘ organizational case studies ⓘ psychology ⓘ |
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Instruction
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