"Our principal challenge is not to decide where we want to go, but to stay upright as we go there." In his book,
Here Comes Everybody: The Power of Organizing Without Organizations, author and NYU faculty member Clay Shirky describes the profound impact of social technological tools on contemporary culture -- from e-mail and blogs to Twitter and wikis. Shirky's book, an example-laden history of the development of such tools, is well-timed. Last week, as protests erupted in Tibet, China moved forcefully to quash news of the clash by restricting Internet access to YouTube.
March 27th 2008