What Clay Shirky thinks about infrastructure

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American writer on the social and economic effects of the internet, author of Here Comes Everybody (2008) and Cognitive Surplus (2010); has taught at New York University.

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1. c. 2010

   Our readingWe are increasingly becoming one another's infrastructure

   Their wordswe are increasingly becoming one another’s infrastructure.

   ↗Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age (The Penguin Press, 2010)archive.org All 4 from this book