Clay Shirky: Social Software and the Politics of Groups

Shirky: Social Software and the Politics of Groups

Clay Shirky really speaks to me. Everytime I read his stuff I feel like he's writing about me, or something I'm all about.

Excerpt:
We have historically overestimated the value of network access to computers, and underestimated the value of network access to other people, so we have spent much more time on the technical rather than social problems of software used by groups.

What a point. I believe that the biggest problem facing social software in the future will not be solved by technological advances- it will be solved by advances in understanding how to communicate about technology to groups of non-geeks and leading them down the right path to valuable and constructive interaction.