Publishing is not evolving. Publishing is going away. Because the word "publishing" means a cadre of professionals who are taking on the incredible difficulty and complexity and expense of making something public. That's not a job anymore. That's a button. There's a button that says "publish," and when you press it, it's done.

It's not a revolution if nobody loses

Knowledge, unlike information, is a human characteristic; there can be information no one knows, but there can't be knowledge no one knows.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

We have lived in this world where little things are done for love and big things for money. Now we have Wikipedia. Suddenly big things can be done for love.

Curation comes up when search stops working.

The Shirky Principle declares that complex solutions, like a company, or an industry, can become so dedicated to the problem they are the solution to, that often they inadvertently perpetuate the problem.