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Yet another great Clay Shirky video talk:

Some brief sound bites:

"tools get socially interesting only when they get technically boring..."

"the largest increase in expressive capability in human history..."

(1) "the internet is the first medium that has native support for both groups and conversation at the same time..."

(2) "as old media gets digitized, the internet becomes the mode of carriage for all forms of media... media is less just a source of information, and more a site of coordination..."

(3) "members of the former audience can be producers and not consumers"

media is a way of creating an environment for convening and supporting groups</blockquote>

[Once again: hat tip to TheAtlantic]