Clay Shirky on Social Media, Newspapers and Accelerants for Maker Culture
Clay Shirky talks with Laura Flanders on GRITtv about social media and newspapers: "I don't think we can save newspapers. The question is can we save journalism?" Also strong prediction about the death of bookstores in a decade thanks to e-books.
Key statement for MakerCulture: "We now have a set of tools we can use as an accelerant for positive creation of value by groups of people for themselves and for society."
Posted by Wayne MacPhail