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'''Clay Shirky''' is a writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He teaches [[New Media]] at [[New York University]]'s (NYU) graduate [[Interactive Telecommunications Program]] (ITP). His columns and writings appeared in [[Business 2.0]], the [[New York Times]], the [[Wall Street Journal]], the [[Harvard Business Review]] and [[Wired magazine|Wired ]]. |
'''Clay Shirky''' is a writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He teaches [[New Media]] at [[New York University]]'s (NYU) graduate [[Interactive Telecommunications Program]] (ITP). His columns and writings appeared in [[Business 2.0]], the [[New York Times]], the [[Wall Street Journal]], the [[Harvard Business Review]] and [[Wired magazine|Wired ]]. |
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This is an observation originally made about the [[Blogosphere]] by [[Clay Shirky]] [http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html] that has been [[adage]]d by [[Hugh MacLeod]] [http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002238.html] as: |
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::''Equality, fairness, opportunity: pick two.'' |
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== Examples == |
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Although coined to explain the [[Zipf distribution]] of [[blog]] attention, it is trivial to expand the law to other systems. For example, in [[economic system]]s: |
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; [[Justice|Fairness]] and [[Opportunity]] : [[Capitalism]], which will always have [[Social equality|inequal]] distribution of wealth. |
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; Equality and Fairness : [[Communism]], which must not allow opportunities for inequality. |
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; Equality and Opportunity: [[Socialism]], which allows competition, but unfairly (see [[Libertarianism]]) redistributes the wealth of successful participants. |
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==Published works== |
==Published works== |
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==See Also== |
==See Also== |
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* [[Customer Value]] |
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* [[Equality of outcome]] |
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==References== |
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* {{cite web | author=Shirky, Clay | year=2003 | title=Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality | format=html | work=Writings About the Internet | url=http://shirky.com/writings/powerlaw_weblog.html | accessdate=2006-02-16}} |
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* {{cite web | author=MacLeod, Hugh | year=2006 | title=Shirky's Law: "Equality. Fairness. Opportunity. Pick Two." | format=html | work=gapingvoid | url=http://www.gapingvoid.com/Moveable_Type/archives/002238.html | accessdate=2006-02-16}} |
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Revision as of 22:11, 4 March 2006
Clay Shirky is a writer, consultant and teacher on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies. He teaches New Media at New York University's (NYU) graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program (ITP). His columns and writings appeared in Business 2.0, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Harvard Business Review and Wired .
==Shirky's Law This is an observation originally made about the Blogosphere by Clay Shirky [1] that has been adaged by Hugh MacLeod [2] as:
- Equality, fairness, opportunity: pick two.
Examples
Although coined to explain the Zipf distribution of blog attention, it is trivial to expand the law to other systems. For example, in economic systems:
- Fairness and Opportunity
- Capitalism, which will always have inequal distribution of wealth.
- Equality and Fairness
- Communism, which must not allow opportunities for inequality.
- Equality and Opportunity
- Socialism, which allows competition, but unfairly (see Libertarianism) redistributes the wealth of successful participants.
Published works
- The Internet by E-Mail (1994) - ISBN: 1562762400
- Voices from the Net (1995) - ISBN: 1562763032
- P2P Networking Overview (2001) - ISBN: 0596001851
- Planning for Web Services: Obstacles and Opportunities (2003) - ISBN: 0596003641
Other works
- Clay Shirky: Ontology is Overrated
- Ontology is Overrated: Links, Tags, and Post-hoc Metadata - a presentation (mp3) from the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference held in San Diego, California, March 14-17, 2005.
- Phone as Platform: Lessons from ITP - a presentation (mp3) from the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference held in San Diego, California, March 14-17, 2005.
See Also
References
- Shirky, Clay (2003). "Power Laws, Weblogs, and Inequality" (html). Writings About the Internet. Retrieved 2006-02-16.
- MacLeod, Hugh (2006). "Shirky's Law: "Equality. Fairness. Opportunity. Pick Two."" (html). gapingvoid. Retrieved 2006-02-16.
External links
- Clay Shirky homepage
- Clay Shirky’s writings on the O'Reilly Network
- Critique of Shirky's article about Ontologies: Clay Shirky's Viewpoints are Overrated
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