The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life. Though the hive is not part of any individual bee, it is part of the colony, both shaped by and shaping the lives of its inhabitants.
Clay ShirkyTime Warner has called and they want us all back on the couch, just consuming - not producing, not sharing - and we should say, 'No.'
Clay ShirkyEven with the sacred printing press, we got erotic novels 150 years before we got scientific journals.
Clay ShirkyThe more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.
Clay Shirky