Time Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say, 'No.'

The real gap is between doing nothing and doing something.

It did not take long after the rise of the commercial printing press before someone figured out that erotic novels were a good idea. ... It took people another 150 years to even think of the scientific journal.

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.

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

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

The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.