Sublime

Emancipation of authorship has this incidental effect: the audience itself becomes the author. The very same people – meaning people with identical, equal status – not only receive socially significant information, but produce it. Informational peer-sourcing has gone beyond the limits of the communal sphere and has reached the scope of public affai

one is “in charge of” this ocean of content; no person or board decided that one more photo-sharing utility was needed, or green-lighted the cornucopia of media for blogging, tweeting, or newsfeeds. The core is characterized by government bodies, approval loops, and people and groups with the formal power to say no. There’s a great deal less of

Donella Meadows, one of the authors of Limits to Growth.

I say that if the news needs a user’s manual, then the news needs repair.

projects are driven by democratized groups.1 Many find this notion of an alpha leader romantically appealing, believing that great design requires a tyrannical “Steve Jobs” at the helm to be successful.

For half a millennium, the mediators of media—editors, publishers, producers—controlled the public conversation. Now we may break free of their gatekeeping, agendas, and scarcities—while at the same time risking the loss of the value these institutions have brought in recommending quality, certifying fact, and supporting creativity. What must we cr

Green is powerful as a paradigm for breaking down old structures, but often less effective at formulating practical alternatives.

Knowledge work is not defined by quantity. Neither is knowledge work defined by its costs. Knowledge work is defined by its results.