Clay Shirky discusses his latest book, Here Comes Everybody, about the way people organize themselves without formal structures to respond to catalyzing events.
Bio
Clay Shirky
In The Long Tail, Chris Anderson calls Clay Shirky "a prominent thinker on the social and economic effects of Internet technologies."
Shirky is an adjunct professor in New York University's graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, where he teaches a course named Social Weather. He's the author of Here Comes Everybody, and Cognitive Surplus: Creativity and Generosity in a Connected Age.