“Mass amateurization of publishing makes mass amateurization of filtering a forced move.”

“The future presented by the internet is the mass amateurization of publishing and a switch from 'Why publish this?' to 'Why not?”

“It’s not information overload. It’s filter failure.”

“[R]elying on nonfinancial motivations may actually make systems more tolerant of variable participation.”

“[B]ecause the minimum costs of being an organization in the first place are relatively high, certain activities may have some value but not enough to make them worth pursuing in any organized way. New social tools are altering this equation by lowering the costs of coordinating group action.”

“One of the biggest changes in our society is the shift from prevention to reaction...”

“This linking together in turn lets us tap our cognitive surplus, the trillion hours a year of free time the educated population of the planet has to spend doing things they care about. In the 20th century, the bulk of that time was spent watching television, but our cognitive surplus is so enormous that diverting even a tiny fraction of time from consumption to participation can create enormous positive effects.”