Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.
Clay ShirkyWe are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.
Clay ShirkyThe more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.
Clay ShirkyPrior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table
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