Clay Shirky Quotes

Clay Shirky — American Writer born on December 30, 1964,

Clay Shirky is an American writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies... (wikipedia)

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

The tools that a society uses to create and maintain itself are as central to human life as a hive is to bee life. Though the hive is not part of any individual bee, it is part of the colony, both shaped by and shaping the lives of its inhabitants.

You used to have to own a radio tower or television tower or printing press. Now all you have to have is access to an Internet cafe or a public library, and you can put your thoughts out in public.

We are in a world where most American citizens over the age of 12 share things with each other online.

I would not hesitate to say I was addicted to the Internet in the first two years. It can be addictive, and things not taken in moderation have negative effects. But the alarmism around 'Facebook is changing our brains' strikes me as a kind of historical trick. Because we now know from brain science that everything changes our brains.

Clay Shirky Quotes

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