Prior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table

Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.

Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.

We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.

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

One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction.

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.