Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.
Clay ShirkyKnowledge, unlike information, is a human characteristic; there can be information no one knows, but there can't be knowledge no one knows.
Clay ShirkyEgalitarianism is possible only in small social systems. Once a medium gets past a certain size fame is a forced move.
Clay ShirkyWe systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.
Clay Shirky