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Publishing isn't a job anymore. It's a button.

Clay Shirky

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Clay Shirky
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: January 1
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Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse.
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The loss of control you fear is already in the past.
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When we change the way we communicate, we change society.
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Tools get socially interesting after they're no longer technologically interesting.
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Any system described by a power law [...] has several curious effects. The first is that, by definition, most participants are below average.
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