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We are moving from sharing to cooperation to collective action.

Clay Shirky

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Clay Shirky
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Academic
Scientist
Technology Evangelist
Writer
Columbia
Missouri
Collective
Sharing
Cooperation
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Action
Collectives
Collaboration

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