clay shirky

  • : How the Internet will (one day) transform government
    How the Internet will (one day) transform government

    Clay Shirky hat bei einer TED-Konferenz über „How the Internet will (one day) transform government“ gesprochen, u.a. geht es darum, was die Politik vom Programmieren lernen kann.
    The open-source world has learned to deal with a flood of new, oftentimes divergent, ideas using hosting services like GitHub – so why can’t governments? In this rousing talk Clay Shirky shows how democracies can take a lesson from the Internet, to be not just transparent but also to draw on the knowledge of all their citizens.

    27. September 2012
  • : Urheberrecht ist wie Prohibition
    Urheberrecht ist wie Prohibition

    In einem Interview mit GRITtv vergleicht der US-Professor und Autor von „Here Comes Everybody“ Clay Shirky das Urheberrecht mit der Prohibition, die scheiterte, weil sich niemand daran hielt:
    It doesn’t matter what the law is, if enough people are not going to obey it, then the system is going to be changed.

    9. November 2009 16