Amateur 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 ShirkyThere is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.
Clay ShirkyTo have a discussion about the plusses and minuses of various forms of group action, though, is going to require discussing the current tools and services as they exist, rather than discussing their caricatures or simply wishing that they would disappear.
Clay Shirky