“ Until recently, 'the news' has meant to different things - events that are newsworthy, and events covered by the press. Clay Shirky
“ The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not? Clay Shirky
“ Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production relies on shared creation, but collective action creates shared responsibility, by tying the user's i… Clay Shirky
“ How we treat one another matters, and not just in a "it's nice to be nice" kind of way: our behavior contributes to an environment that encourages some opportunities and hinders others. Clay Shirky
“ Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive. Clay Shirky
“ [F]rom now on, the act of creating and circulating evidence of wrongdoing to more than a few people, even if they all work together, will be seen as a delayed but public act. Clay Shirky
“ [B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough to make them worth pursuing in any organized way. New… Clay Shirky
“ The centrality of group effort to human life means that anything that changes the way groups function will have profound ramifications for everything from commerce and government to media and religion… Clay Shirky
“ Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the incentives of the individuals are arrayed against that outcome. Clay Shirky
