Clay Shirky is one of the most insightful and interesting thinkers on the subject of how emerging technologies are enabling us to collaborate and get things done without relying on traditional organizational structures. Here’s his TED Talk on how citizens in repressive regimes are using Facebook, Twitter and other social media tools to get out the news.
How are you using social media to make history? There’s a sometimes dispiriting over-emphasis in the conversation on how social media is changing advertising, changing PR, changing sales, etc. How is it changing our ability to effect social change? What might we expect to see in the not-so-distant future?
It’s not that I’m not interested in how social media is being used to sell Korean BBQ, shoes and blenders. It’s just not a game changer.
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