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I am not somebody who believes everyone is equally talented; talent remains unequally distributed.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Am Believes Distributed Equally Everyone Remains Somebody Talent Talented Who I Am

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The web's democratic in one way and distinctly undemocratic in another way. And I think a lot of the confusion about the political ramifications have to do with that one word having so many meanings. So, it's democratic in that it quite literally delivers power to the people; it, it essentially opens up participation in the public's mind.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: About Another Another Way Confusion Democratic Essentially Having Literally Lot Many Meanings Mind One Way One Word Opens Participation People Political Power Public Quite Ramifications Think Up Way Web Word I Think

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There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Biggest Bit Environment Environmental Environmental Movement Every Helps Larger Lies Little Little Bit Movement Part Problem Than Three Together You Your

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The difference between what all the people can do individually and the global consumption of nonrenewable resources is huge. The tension is... what will it take to get people to act in concert? There isn't any additive solution to the problem. It will be both governmental and social because that's the scale of the problem.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Act Any Because Between Both Concert Consumption Difference Get Global Huge Individually People Problem Resources Scale Social Solution Take Tension Will

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The whole, 'Is the Internet a good thing or a bad thing'? We're done with that. It's just a thing. How to maximise its civic value, its public good - that's the really big challenge.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Bad Bad Thing Big Challenge Civic Done Good Good Thing How Internet Just Public Public Good Really Thing Value Whole A Good Thing

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There is a giant gulf between doing something and doing nothing. And someone who makes a lolcat and uploads it - even if only to crack their friends up - has already crossed that chasm to doing something. That's the sea change, and you can see it even with the cute cats.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Between Cats Change Crack Crossed Cute Doing Even Friends Giant Gulf Makes Nothing Only Sea See Someone Something Up Who You

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Human beings are social creatures - not occasionally or by accident but always. Sociability is one of our lives as both cause and effect.

~Clay Shirky

Topics: Accident Always Beings Both Cause Creatures Effect Human Human Beings Lives Occasionally Our Our Lives Social

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: Unknown

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