Clay Shirky on social media: "I can do that, too!"

by Rob Cottingham – May 7, 2008 - 3:15pm

This is a spectacular presentation from Clay Shirky at last month's Web 2.0 Expo. He makes a compelling argument that the time-sucking power of television has masked a huge pool of creative and collaborative energy out there... and that social media are all about unleashing that energy – at TV's expense: