“What you need for a participatory system to work: "a plausible promise, an effective tool, and an acceptable bargain."” NeedsPromiseToolsAcceptableBargainsPlausible Author:Clay Shirky
“The more people are involved in a given task, the more potential agreements need to be negotiated to do anything, and the greater the transaction costs.” PeopleNeedsGivenGreaterInvolvedCostTasksAgreementTransactions Author:Clay Shirky
“There are three things you need to be a good writer: you need to read a lot, you need to write a lot, and you need a lot of feedback.” NeedsWritingThreeFeedbackThree ThingsGood Writers Author:Clay Shirky
“Society doesn't need newspapers. What we need is journalism... When we shift our attention from ‘save newspapers’ to ‘save society’, the imperative changes from ‘preserve the current institutions’ to ‘do whatever works.’ And what works today isn’t the same as what used to work.” NeedsTodayUsedAttentionInstitutionsCurrentsNewspapersJournalismPreservesImperativesWhatever Works Author:Clay Shirky
“Society doesn’t need newspapers. What we need is journalism.” NeedsNewspapersJournalism Author:Clay Shirky
