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Wikipedia [...] is the product not of collectivism but of unending argumentation.

Clay Shirky

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Clay Shirky
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Academic
Scientist
Technology Evangelist
Writer
Columbia
Missouri
Argumentation
Collectivism
Unending
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Fame is simply an imbalance between inbound and outbound attention.
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Behavior is motivation filtered through opportunity.
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We systematically overestimate the value of access to information and underestimate the value of access to each other.
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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.
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It is possible to think that the Internet will be a net positive for society while admitting that there are significant downsides - after all, it's not a revolution if nobody loses.
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A firm is successful when the costs of directing employee effort are lower than the potential gain from directing.
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Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.
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There's no such thing as information overload-only filter failure.
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There 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.
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When you got a cell phone you stopped making plans. 'I'll call you when I get there.'
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