Our social life is literally primal, in the sense that chimpanzees and gorillas, our closest relatives among the primates, are also social.
Clay ShirkyHuman beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.
Clay ShirkySociety doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism... When we shift our attention from โsave newspapersโ to โsave societyโ, the imperative changes from โpreserve the current institutionsโ to โdo whatever works.โ And what works today isnโt the same as what used to work.
Clay Shirky