Quotes About Clay Shirky

When you make the claim that something on the Internet is going to be good for democracy, you often [hear], 'Are you talking about the thing with the singing cats?'

The more ideas there are in circulation, the more ideas there are for any individual to disagree with. More media always means more arguing.

Clay Shirky summed it up in 2008, and he's still right: "The problem isn't information overload, it's filter failure." Our

Whether it's long-form journalism or investigative journalism, it's no fun to just be the guy diagnosing the problem.