Who Owns the Future?

It turns out that Clay Shirky has made quite a bit of impact on me the past few months. It was his post on the television habits that jump started my renewed commitment to reading books. And of course, as part of that syllabus, I included his new work, Here Comes Everybody on the nexus of technology and sociology. I just finished it. What a terrific read. It may be best described as Malcom Gladwell meets the Internet. Read it.

My favorite line, “[T]he future belongs to those who take the present for granted.” This will be running through my head for weeks to come.