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Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.

Clay Shirky

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Clay Shirky
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
Academic
Scientist
Technology Evangelist
Writer
Columbia
Missouri
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Identity
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Cooperating
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Sharing

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