The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not?

Curation comes up when people realize that it isn’t just about information seeking, it’s also about synchronizing a community.

Collaboration is not an absolute good.

The Shirky Principle declares that complex solutions, like a company, or an industry, can become so dedicated to the problem they are the solution to, that often they inadvertently perpetuate the problem.

It's not a revolution if nobody loses

Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism... When we shift our attention from ‘save newspapers’ to ‘save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work.

Curation comes up when search stops working.