“For most of modern life, our strong talents and desires for group effort have been filtered through relatively rigid institutional structures because of the complexity of managing groups. We haven't had all the groups we've wanted, we've simply had the groups we could afford. The old limits of what unmanaged and unpaid groups can do are no longer in operation.” Has BeensWantedPoliticalDesirePoliticsStrongCan DoEffortGroupsModernTalentHavensLimitsStructureOperationsComplexityModern LifeGroup Effort Author:Clay Shirky
“To have a discussion about the plusses and minuses of various forms of group action, though, is going to require discussing the current tools and services as they exist, rather than discussing their caricatures or simply wishing that they would disappear.” ActionFormWishGroupsToolsCurrentsVariousDisappearDiscussionDiscussingCaricatures Author:Clay Shirky
“We use the word 'organization' to mean both the state of being organized and the groups that do the organizing.” MeanStatesUseGroupsOrganizationOrganized Author:Clay Shirky
“Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.” GroupsIdentityParticipantsCooperatingGroup Identity Author:Clay Shirky
“Society is not just the product of its individual members; it is also the product of its constituent groups.” IndividualGroupsProductsMembersConstituents Book:Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together Source: Here Comes Everybody: How Change Happens when People Come Together
“Civic participants don't aim to make life better merely for members of the group. They want to improve even the lives of people who never participate.” PeopleWantGroupsMembersAimCivicsParticipants Book:Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators Source: Cognitive Surplus: How Technology Makes Consumers into Collaborators
