Quotes by : Clay Shirky

This work is not easy, and it never goes smoothly. Because we are hopelessly committed to both individual....

Fame is simply an imbalance between inbound and outbound attention.

One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction...

People want to do something to make the world a better place. They will help when they are invited to.....

Society is not just the product of its individual members it is also the product of its constituent groups.....

Our social tools are not an improvement to modern society, they are a challenge to it.

Tragedy of the Commons: while each person can agree that all would benefit from common restraint, the....

Anybody who predicts the death of cities has already met his spouse.

Communications tools don't get socially interesting until they get technologically boring.

[T]he category of 'consumer' is now a temporary behavior rather than a permanent identity.