The loss of control you fear is already in the past.

If it’s a revolution it can’t be predictable. And if it’s predictable it can’t be a revolution.

We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.

A Wikipedia article is a process, not a product.

Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism... When we shift our attention from ‘save newspapers’ to ‘save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work.

The whole, 'Is the internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

Prior to the internet, the last technology that had any real effect on the way people sat down and talked together was the table