When we change the way we communicate, we change society.

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

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

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.

We are moving from sharing to cooperation to collective action.

We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. Now we have Wikipedia. Suddenly big things can be done for love.

The great tension in media has always been that freedom and quality are conflicting goals.