We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.
Clay ShirkyAmateur production, the result of all this new capability, means that the category of โconsumerโ is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity
Clay ShirkyIndeed, the best practical reason to think that social media can help bring political change is that both dissidents and governments think they can. All over the world, activists believe in the utility of these tools and take steps to use them accordingly. And the governments they contend with think social media tools are powerful, too, and are willing to harass, arrest, exile, or kill users in response.
Clay Shirky