05.04.08
Clay Shirky and Here Comes Everybody
This was news to me, but absolutely fascinating. Via My Mind on Books, I found this fascinating video (click to watch—I can’t embed this one—and note the “related content” links to the right of the video). Here’s another, a talk Shirky gave at Google:
His book, Here Comes Everybody, looks to be extremely interesting, and I’m recommending that the library get a copy (and put it on hold for me).
UPDATE: This paper is on the same general topic.
