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?'
Clay ShirkyWe systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.
Clay ShirkyWhat you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."
Clay ShirkyTime Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say, 'No.'
Clay Shirky