To have a discussion about the plusses and minuses of various forms of group action, though, is going to require discussing the… — Clay Shirky Action Copy Share Image
“Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.” — Clay Shirky Communication Copy Share Image
“Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production relies on shared creation, but collective action creates shared responsibility, by… — Clay Shirky Collective action Copy Share Image
More interesting than thinking about what's possible in 10 years is thinking what's possible now but that no one has built. — Clay Shirky About Copy Share Image
“Digital networks are increasing the fluidity of all media. The old choice between one-way public media (like books and movies) and two-way… — Clay Shirky Books Copy Share Image
Even with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals. — Clay Shirky Books Copy Share Image
Tools get socially interesting after they're no longer technologically interesting. — Clay Shirky Interesting Copy Share Image
Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes… — Clay Shirky Actually Copy Share Image
If what you're doing is valuable for people, they will find a way to pay you to keep doing it. — Clay Shirky Ifs Copy Share Image
Multi-taskers often think they are like gym rats, bulking up their ability to juggle tasks, when in fact they are like alcoholics,… — Clay Shirky Ability Copy Share Image
Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of… — Clay Shirky Aim Copy Share Image
I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and… — Clay Shirky Addicted Copy Share Image
Bureaucracies temporarily suspend the Second Law of Thermodynamics. In a bureaucracy, it's easier to make a process more complex than to make… — Clay Shirky Burden Copy Share Image
The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means… — Clay Shirky Arguing Copy Share Image
Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups. — Clay Shirky Community Copy Share Image
The threat [of the U.S. bills SOPA and PIPA] is the inversion of the burden of proof, where we suddenly are all… — Clay Shirky Bills Copy Share Image
There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even… — Clay Shirky Between Copy Share Image
For most of modern life, our strong talents and desires for group effort have been filtered through relatively rigid institutional structures because… — Clay Shirky Can do Copy Share Image
Think about spam filters; if email didnt come from someone that someone you know knows, thats an important signal, and one we… — Clay Shirky Email Copy Share Image
One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction... — Clay Shirky Change Copy Share Image
“the only test any book should ever have to pass is whether the reader likes it” — Clay Shirky Book Copy Share Image
The difference between what all the people can do individually and the global consumption of nonrenewable resources is huge. The tension is...… — Clay Shirky Act Copy Share Image
We're not good at thinking fast. We are good at feeling fast. — Clay Shirky Feelings Copy Share Image
It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides… — Clay Shirky Admitting Copy Share Image
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