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The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Always Any Arguing Circulation Disagree Ideas Individual Means Media More

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Think about spam filters; if email didn't come from someone that someone you know knows, that's an important signal, and one we could embed in the environment; we just don't. I just want the world to be filtered through my social graph.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: About Come Could Email Environment Filtered Filters Graph Important Just Know Knows Signal Social Someone Spam Think Through Want World You

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Facebook is not very good at dealing with named groups; they're not very good at saying, 'We've got this book club and I'm a member and you're not.' But membership is one of the precursors to a lot of social action.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Action Book Club Dealing Facebook Good Got Groups Lot Member Membership Named Saying Social Very You

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I certainly never intended for myself an academic career and, were the academy to suffer, I'd just go do something else. I don't have a commitment to it or to really, frankly, almost any institution that assumes that it has to be stable forever.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Academic Academy Almost Any Assumes Career Certainly Commitment Else Forever Frankly Go Institution Intended Just Myself Never Really Something Something Else Stable Suffer Were

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How we put our collective talents to work is a social issue, not solely a personal one.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Collective How Issue Our Personal Put Social Solely Talents Work

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Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Fun Guy Investigative Journalism Just Just Be No Fun Problem Whether

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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.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Admitting After Internet Loses Net Nobody Positive Possible Revolution Significant Society Think While Will

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Growing up with a name that rhymes with turkey - and jerky - was no great fun. But, as an adult, I tell you, being globally unique in the age of Google can be extremely helpful.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Adult Age Being Extremely Fun Globally Google Great Great Fun Growing Growing Up Helpful Name Rhymes Tell Turkey Unique Up You

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Algorithms don't do a good job of detecting their own flaws.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Flaws Good Good Job Job Own

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When I say 'publishing is the new literacy,' I don't mean there's no role for curation, for improving material, for editing material, for fact-checking material. I mean literally, the act of putting something out in public used to be reserved in the same way.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Act Editing Improving Literacy Literally Material Mean New Out Public Publishing Putting Reserved Role Same Say Something Used Way

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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