Clay Shirky Quotes

Personal value is the kind of value we receive from being active instead of passive, creative instead of consumptive.

Clay Shirky

Public and civic value require commitment and hard work among the core group of participants. It also requires that these groups be self-governing and submit to constraints that help them ignore distracting and entertaining material and stay focused instead of some sophisticated task.

Clay Shirky

Upgrading one's imagination about what is possible is always a leap of faith.

Clay Shirky