“Information sharing produces shared awareness among the participants, and collaborative production relies on shared creation, but collective action creates shared responsibility, by tying the user's identity to the identity of the group.”
“Unlike sharing, where the group is mainly an aggregate of participants, cooperating creates group identity.”
“Socialism is based on the notion that collaboration and sharing are more productive, humane, and moral than competition and privatization.”
“Protestantism developed its sense of identity primarily in response to external threats and criticisms rather than as a result of shared beliefs. In one sense, the idea of "Protestantism" can be seen as the creation of its opponents rather than of its supporters.”
“The overall impact of postmodernism is that many other groups now share with black folks a sense of deep alienation, despair, uncertainty, loss of sense of grounding even if it is not informed by shared circumstance.”
“Sex is sharing, you see, and it's good to share with everyone. But the sharing has to be real and meaningful. That creates problems.”