Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.
Clay ShirkyThe historic role of the consumer has been nothing more than a giant maw at the end of the mass media's long conveyer belt, the all-absorbing Yin to the mass media's all-producing Yang....In the age of the internet, no one is a passive consumer anymore because everyone is a media outlet.
Clay ShirkyPrior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table
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