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

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.

The whole, 'Is the internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

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

When you make the claim that something on the Internet is going to be good for democracy, you often [hear], 'Are you talking about the thing with the singing cats?'

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