WATCH THIS: Clay Shirky on How the Internet Will (One Day) Change Government

Noah J Nelson on Friday, Sep. 28th

“It did not take long after the rise of the commercial printing press before someone figured out that erotic novels were a good idea. … It took people another 150 years to even think of the scientific journal.” – Clay Shirky

There’s a lot about open source software in here, but that’s just the set up. This is a great peek at a possible future.

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