The waterfall method amounts to a pledge by all parties not to learn anything while doing the actual work.

Fame is simply an imbalance between inbound and outbound attention.

The transfer of [...] capabilities from various professional classes to the general public is epochal.

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

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.

A revolution doesn’t happen when society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors